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You should develop good eating habits in your children while they are young. It not only ensures physical fitness but ensure mental fitness also. Right eating habits from the childhood not only develop good lifestyle of your child but also ensure good health when they are adults.

You should encourage your children to eat more fruits, vegetables and cereals instead of the food which is rich in fat. You must ensure a proper balanced diet for your children which contain less calories and rich in nutrition.

If you are not sure, what are the right foods for your children then you can take advice of dietitian. If your child is obese, you should take care of its diet as diet is one of the important factors of obesity. Don’t put your child on the Diet unless it is recommended by the doctor as it may create some health disorders.

The steps which parent should follow to ensure healthy eating habits in your children are as follows:

• Generally cooked nutritious food at the home.
• Advice your child to eat slowly as slowly eating ensures proper digestion of food.
• Educate your children about nutrition and food preferences so they can know that which food is better for health and which food is not.
• Encourage your children not to eat in front of TV as while watching TV they can eat more then the feeling of fullness.
• Allot a separate area in your home where you can take your meal with your family and also guide children about the good eating habits.
• Don’t eat snacks all the time. It will also lead to overeating.
• Encourage your children to drink more natural drinks like juices and water instead of soft drinks, sodas etc.
• You should also ensure that your child eat healthy food when he/she is not at the home.
• Also teach them about the harmful effects of smoking and over drinking of alcohol.
• Try to become a role model for the children as if you enjoy food in front of them they will also do the same.
• Never use the food as reward or punishment.

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