How to encourage children to eat healthy food.
Eating habits are often formed in childhood and affect the child`s health throughout their life. One of the big problems that we have with getting kids to make good food choices is that we ourselves often eat unhealthy food.
In my opinion, if a child sees you eating healthy items- vegetables, fruits, whole grains, the child will be more inclined to see those items as the normal foods that are consumed. These items should be staple items, not something to go along with an unhealthy diet.
Try to make the food fun. Tell and show your child that some vegetables, which you are using for the meal is just for colouring and for making the food more fun. Baking mixes can have wonderful results with food colouring stirred gently into the mix. A few drops of different colours can make your food colourful so that children love to eat it.