How do children like to eat junk food? How do children always be picky about food? Bad eating habits will not only affect children's health, but also may affect children's lifelong habits. How should parents help children develop healthy eating habits? The following summarizes the methods of cultivating children's healthy eating habits, and parents should learn them quickly.
Don't ban junk food completely
Erin Kennedy, a child psychologist from Ohio, says that once children have tasted crispy, sweet and salty junk food, it's hard for them to resist the temptation. Kennedy suggested that parents should limit the amount of snacks their children eat every day, rather than completely ban them, so that children will not be more tempted because they can't have them.
Kennedy said that banning a certain kind of food is actually a bad idea, because once children have a chance to eat this kind of food, they will eat as much as possible, which is easy to form the habit of overeating. At the same time, parents should avoid restricting desserts or other foods that their children like as a means of punishment, because it will lead to an unhealthy relationship between children and food.
2. Eat smart at school
A lot of learning can provide daily menu, as well as the types of meals children choose. Parents can study their daily meal list with their children, and make healthy choices with them. In this way, children will know how to choose food and gain experience in decision-making of nutritious food.
Parents should also let their children know that pocket money can not only be used to buy soda and candy, but also can do many things. At the same time, it is suggested that schools should prepare more healthy snacks, such as apples, so as to reduce children's chances of buying unhealthy snacks.
3. Avoid buying unhealthy food
In general, we suggest that parents try not to buy unhealthy food, such as puffed food. If you want to buy some puffed food, remember to buy the smallest package instead of big package such as family package or economy package. For example, when buying cheese popcorn, you should buy small package for one person instead of family package. As long as children don't have a lot of snacks in their sight, they won't think about snacks all day long.