Parents shop for the food, prepare the food, and manage scheduling among family memebers. If parents are informed, creative, organized and committed to good health, good eating habits, nutrition, and health can be easy.
Yes factors like intelligence, learned behaviors, and motivation, among other factors play a role but parents really can teach children to eat healthier foods and develop healthy eating lifestyles.
Things that are important:
Role modeling
Smart purchasing - Limited, planned, thoughtful and not when hungry ha!
Education about nutrition and marketing
Reading labels
Eating for the right reasons
Portions being servings not PORTIONS....
Exercise and lots of it! ( active hobbies and quality time)
Conscious choices for what you are puttin gin your body!
Just eating as natural foods as possible as often as possible and less.
Eating things you can pronounce!
Eating less..one doctor put it best you can lose weight if you stop putting things in your mouth!
Simple huh?
Parents need to teach children that we eat to live not live to eat. And food does bring pleasure but like all other pleasures it will only be pleasurable if taken or done in moderation!
If anyone has serious impulse, compulsive, or other eating issues please seek professional help.
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