Exercise

Limit Screen Time

Vitamin D

3 Vegetables a Day

Whole Grains are Best

Get Your Calcium NowExercise

Involve Kids

Healthy Fats

Protein

2 Fruits a Day

Limit Soda and Juices

Limit Treatsps for Good Eating

 


3 Vegetables a Day

Teaching your child to like vegetables and encouraging them to eat three a day is one of the most important messages you can teach your child. Vegetables are super foods that have been shown to prevent heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, bone loss and type 2 diabetes.

Offer a variety of vegetables
Try offering your child cut up veggies before dinner
Don’t hide all your child’s vegetables
Keep trying new vegetables

 

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