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Aug 2024
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2680: How to Help Children Become Health...

Optimal Living Daily | Dr. Neal Malik
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Episode 2680:

Dr. Laura Markham shares strategies to encourage children to eat vegetables and fruits by making them regular parts of meals and snacks. She emphasizes the importance of repeated exposure, offering choices, and avoiding forcing or rewarding children for eating vegetables to create a healthy eating environment.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.peacefulparenthappykids.com/read/how-to-help-children-become-healthy-eaters-especially-vegetables

Quotes to ponder:

"Research has shown that the most important factor in getting kids to eat new foods is exposing them to the food."

"If a child really does not like a specific vegetable that is served that night, then why not have a rule that they can have a different one that night?"

"I would NEVER force a child to eat a specific food. I think it's fine to ask them to try one taste, but if they don't want more, or even if they spit it out, that's their prerogative."

Episode references:

The Importance of Family Dinners: https://thefamilydinnerproject.org

Healthy Eating for Kids: https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/InfantandToddlerNutrition/mealtime/index.html

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting: https://www.amazon.com/Peaceful-Parent-Happy-Kids-Connecting/dp/0399160280

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