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Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family

Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family. By: Laura Burk MPH, RD, LDN Personal Trainer lburk@elb-consulting.com. Inability to manage our own eating habits makes us over manage our children ’ s eating habits. How Do You Eat???. 3 Types of Nutrition Attitudes.

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Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family

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  1. Healthy Eating Habits For The Whole Family By: Laura Burk MPH, RD, LDN Personal Trainer lburk@elb-consulting.com

  2. Inability to manage our own eating habits makes us over manage our children’s eating habits How Do You Eat???

  3. 3 Types of Nutrition Attitudes Intense, careful, and committed Failing, and feeling bad about it Couldn’t care less about nutrition

  4. Dietary Guidelines Variety- Eat a lot of different types of foods Even 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

  5. Balance… should and wants Meals are chores for adults Children 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.

  6. 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. Flexible Positive

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. At The Table Meals should contain both Protein, starch, vegetable, bread, and calcium Familiar food with challenging foods 10-20 tastes before a child will like it

  10. Nutrition 1500 –2500 calories 20% protein 50% carbohydrate 30% fat 1500 milligrams of sodium 25 grams of fiber 1300 milligrams of calcium 600 international units of Vitamin D Sugar in moderation

  11. One Meal Preparation should include the kids Same food and meals for all at the table More than one meal creates a picky eater

  12. Conclusion Children are born with the will to survive and the drive to eat Blueprints for height and weight Our kids learn from us, but we should learn more from our kids No good and bads, right or wrongs…only what is best for you and your family Be positive

  13. Children Children will learn to be a healthy eater bite by bite, food by food, meal by meal

  14. Responsibility Parents are responsible to what, where and when to eat; Children are responsible for how much and whether to eat or not

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