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Let's continue last week's discussion of the Looney Tunes Eating Right Kids program and healthy eating. We've been so concerned about the quality and nutritious value of kids food products partly because of the persisting severity of child obesity, which may put a child's health and self-esteem at risk.According to a 2009 study, almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, meaning more than half a million 4-year-olds! The number of overweight and obese children (10 to 17 years old) is at or above 30 percent in 30 states. Warner Bros. Consumer Products' and Safeway's Eating Right Kids initiative was actually highlighted by the Federal Trade Commission for its ability to have a positive impact on childhood obesity. Kudos to the program!While the Eating Right Kids page on Momlogic provides us with expert opinions on healthy eating habits, I'd love to gather some tips and ideas from moms and dads like you. You could win an awesome Looney Tunes gift basket by sharing your thoughts.
Question of the Week: How do you teach your kids about healthy eating choices? What works best for your family?
I stubbornly believe in the power of "leading by example". Kids love imitating adults in all aspects. If we as parents consciously make healthy eating choices, our kids will follow the lead and develop healthy eating habits as well. My son is particularly good at picking up my hints. When I drink water, he turns to his bottle. When I eat fruit, he asks for what I'm having. When I show him how happy I become after eating a lot of vegetables, he wants to take more of them too. This will sure benefit the entire family if everyone is trying to eat healthy foods.
Now I can't wait to learn about your secret ingredients to healthy eating! Meanwhile, feel free to email your questions to eatingright@wb.com and nutritionist Haylie Pomroy will answer them on the Eating Right blog.
The Giveaway
As a way to thank you for your participation in this program, Warner Bros has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a Looney Tunes Eating Right Kids Gift Basket! A $100 value! Woohoo!
The gift basket includes:
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1
- Tweety T-shirt from Junk Food
- Looney Tunes plush item
- Looney Tunes stationary or home good
- Eating Right Kids “green” shopping bag from Safeway
- Eating Right Kids post card
- Eating Right Kids Products (non perishable) in a branded lunch box
- Canned Ravioli with Daffy or Microbowl with Tweety
- Tri-color Wheat Rotini with Sylvester and Tweety
- Apple juice with Taz
- Chewy Bar with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
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Giveaway ends at 11:59 Central Time on 9/30/09
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I try to incorporate a vegetable and a fruit w/every meal. I teach my son that what you put in your body is what fuels it. If you put in junk, you'll get junk. Plus, soda is bad for your teeth.
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I serve a vegeatable and fruit with both lunch and dinner (dinner, now that they're all in school). I also do not allow sugary snacks or sodas (except special occasions) We have 4 kids, so they eat what I serve or they go hungry. I am not a short order cook. Also, we do NOT eat any fast food-maybe 6x a year. Thanks for the giveaway.
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We try to eat by example, eat organic, fruit and veggies for snacks, and pick healthy options like chicken or fish when we go out to eat.
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I try to teach my kids that a snack of carrots , celery, cheese etc. can be just as tasty as a bag of chips. I don't have a problem with them having a treat occasionally but I can usually satisfy them with healthier snacks
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i learned to make eating healthy fun, like having them hunt for healthy foods at the grocery store
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I always have fresh fruit,cut celery sticks and baby carrots available for them to eat at any time. I also believe if they see you eating healthy they too will follow in your foot steps. I never buy chips, cookies anything to temp them to eat badly.
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I don't teach them or tell them what to eat, because I think that food choices should be left up to the individual. But I do make sure that I keep a large variety of healthy foods around, and I let them see that I eat well, and that I have high energy and stamina because of it. I try to lead by example.
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I teach my kids about eating right by setting an example. I serve, and eat, the proper portions of each food group, I try not to eat too much junk, although once in a while I will have a dessert or snack that I really shouldn't have. But I tell my kids once in a while treats like that are okay, in moderation. As a family we also experiment with foods to try to get the kids to eat things they're not familiar with or fond of.
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We try to always make healthy decisions so our kids see us eating healthy. No one in our family drinks pop so our kids don't either. We only allow juice once a day. We try to incorporate one fruit and one veggie with each meal. No one is allowed to say YUCK unless they've tried it first!
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I teach my kids healthy eating by leading by example, as well as offering them new things often (I never thought I'd have a 2 year old asking for soy milk). We don't eat many "boxed" meals- most of what I make is 95% from scratch. Plus, we have a veggie garden, and my daughter always asks to go out & pick out veggies for dinner.
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This week's answer: I keep lots of healthy snacks around. My boys love yogurt, apples, bananas and grapes.
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I went over to the Eating Right Kids website and found the article Teach Your Kids to Hunt ... for Healthy Foods! Very interesting!!
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I visited the Looney Toons Eating Right Kids page and learned some tips to make grocery shopping with kids fun. Next time I will have my kids pick out their favorite fruits!
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the kids have always liked fruits and veggies-raw not cooked-I try not to buy much snack items
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When the kids ask for a snack, I usually tell them to grab an apple, banana, etc... My daughter doesn't like many cooked veggies, so we eat a lot of salads - she does like those.
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I teach my kids about healthy eating by being a good example. What works best for our family is that I don't even buy much junk food. That way it is not in the house for them to eat.
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I try to teach by example! I eat healthy and I tell my daughter that she has to at least try something. Even if she "doesn't like it" once, every time we eat it she has to try it and usually about the 3rd or 4th time, she'll eat it all on her own!
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I just try to inform them about their decisions. Nutritional value, really. I try not to bring bad snacks into the home -- if they dont have access, they cant eat it! :)
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Well, I try hard to eat well in front of the kids (they're 3 and 5), and we talk about how some foods are better for your body than others, but having treats sometimes is ok too, and how too much of any one food might not be good for your tummy - even the healthy ones. (Ever seen a toddler's #2 after Grampa gave her FOUR corn on the cobs?!?) I try to preach - and practice - moderation, basically.
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I've just added veggie/fruit juice mix to my kid's diet and they love it. They don't even know that there are veggies in their juice.
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We lead by example. If we want our children to eat right, we have to eat right. So even if we don't want to eat those green veggies, we do, just to show our kids that they should too.
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I try to teach my kids by example. If we have something that they think they don't like I will make them try it. If they still don't like it then at least they tried it. I do try to make them eat some sort of healthy food and we drink a lot of water with our meals.
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I make sure my kids eat healthy all the time, we incorporate a lot of vegetables and fruit into out diet, as well as we try to eat whole wheat products 90% of the time, i also like cooking grilled foods instead of fried ones, but if i am to fry our food then i make use of healthy oils as well to cook them :)
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I agree with your comment about leading by example. My kids learn their habits from me! I try to instill healthy habits from the start...we start with vegetables and fruits when they first start solid foods (none of that rice cereal). I also serve a couple of veggies at every meal and always have salad as an option. Finally, we have a huge garden every summer. I really think my kids have learned to love produce because they have been such a big part of growing it!
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I try to limit the junk food in our home. My 7 & 9 year old daughters would rather eat sweets and whatnot rather than fruits and veggies but if there are no sweets in the house then they have to eat fruits & veggies. Plus I try to set an example by choosing healthy foods myself.
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How do you teach your kids about healthy eating choices? What works best for your family? I have taught her to eat the colors of the rainbow. We go to the produce section and she brings along a picture of a rainbow she colored. She then gets to pick her fruits and veggies trying to get a fruit and or veggie for each color. We are vegetarian, so the produce section is where we purchase most of our food. The on to soy, legumes etc.
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I must say that I haven't really thought about teaching my kids to eat right. They certainly get their share of chicken nuggets, but I try to make sure their favorite fruits or vegetables are on the table, too. I also have been trying to use more whole wheat flour in my baking - not a big thing, but small directions towards more healthy choices.
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I have a toddler and an infant, so we are really in the beginning stages. we don't have a lot of snacks throughout the day, we rarely eat anything after dinner, and we name his veggies all sorts of different fun things~like broccoli for trees.
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We regularly go on an adventure to a produce store to pick out some new things to try - the kids get very excited about it!
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What works best for us is teaching by example. When we eat healthier, so do our kids. We also talk to them a lot about why we choose the foods we do - what nutrients are in the foods we eat, etc.
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One cool thing I found at the Eating Right Kids site were the Suggested Menus for School Lunches.
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My only challenge was choosing new and different recipes. My kids love to eat and I never had a problem. I went shopping and used coupons,giving them a coupon or 2 of the good cereal and they picked it out. This way I was giving them what I wanted to eat but let them think they had a choice. Always worked and shopping was always enjoyable
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