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Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family By: Laura Burk MPH, RD, LDN Personal Trainer [email protected]
Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family
By: Laura Burk MPH, RD, LDN
Personal Trainer
How Do You Eat???
• Inability to manage our own eating habits makes us over manage our children’s
eating habits
3 Types of Nutrition Attitudes
Intense, careful, and committed
Failing, and feeling bad about it
Couldn’t care less about nutrition
Dietary Guidelines
Variety- Eat a lot of different types of foodsEven the foods you do not like
Moderation- try not to eat as much as you are hungry for
Balance-put together meals you would rather not eat
Balance… should and wants
Meals are chores for adultsChildren only eat what tastes good for them
Your child’s eating attitudes and behaviors are more important than what he/she actually eats on any given day. If his/her attitudes and behaviors are healthy, he/she will eat well and get the nutrition he needs.
What is Normal Eating?
Going to the table hungry and eating until satisfied.Choose foods you like and know when to stop
eating it.Give thought to your food selection for health.Permission to eat regardless of your mood.Includes meals and snacks.Consumes one important area of your life.FlexiblePositive
What is a Healthy Eater?
Likes to eat and feels good about eating
Interested in food and takes charge of eating
Relaxed
Variety
Experiment with new foods
Knows how much to eat
Good table manners
Children Habits
Children gradually master foods that their parents eat by the age of 6
Age 12 they will have your eating habits
Children need structure, limits, and room to explore
At The Table
Meals should contain bothProtein, starch, vegetable, bread, and calcium
Familiar food with challenging foods
10-20 tastes before a child will like it
Nutrition
1500 –2500 calories20% protein50% carbohydrate30% fat1500 milligrams of sodium25 grams of fiber1300 milligrams of calcium600 international units of Vitamin DSugar in moderation
One Meal
Preparation should include the kids
Same food and meals for all at the table
More than one meal creates a picky eater
Conclusion
Children are born with the will to survive and the drive to eat
Blueprints for height and weightOur kids learn from us, but we should learn
more from our kidsNo good and bads, right or wrongs…only
what is best for you and your familyBe positive
Children
Children will learn to be a healthy eater
bite by bite,
food by food,
meal by meal
Responsibility
Parents are responsible to what, where and when to eat;
Children are responsible for how much and whether to eat or not
