Obesity is on the rise; childhood obesity is on the rise. This means that years to come we will have both children and adults becoming obese, it is disaster in the making. We must fight childhood obesity if we want to give our children a bright and a healthy future. Let us not have children inheriting type two diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea from us by the meals we feed them and the lifestyle we expose them to.
There are many way we can prevent child hood obesity. I would like to mention six practical ones that can be done by any parent, grand parent or care takers.
Get rid of all junk from your shopping list, your house and your car, even in your bags. All junk food is made to look so appetizing to the palate and when we see it, we want it. However if the food is not there, then we will have to do with what is available. Fill your pantry with colorful fruits and vegetables. Display the fruits at a child's reach all washed and ready to eat. Clean all vegetables that can be used as a snack, cut them into small pieces and keep them in the fridge where a child can easily reach.
Feed your child six small meals all through the day. Have a healthy breakfast option first thing in the morning, a smoothie is always a great place to start. Do not force the child to eat, just make the food available when the child is hungry. If you force your child to eat then they will always eat everything on their platter even if it is not healthy. You want to avoid that.
Serve small portions of food. Do not have a large plate full of food for the child, small size is healthy and encourages self control.
Cook food at home. When you eat outside, often you will be tempted to buy soda and fried foods. If you cook from home, you will use what you have, and making french fries at home is hard. Home cooked food is fresh, tastes better and it encourages familiarity in the home.
Let the children help you prepare the meals. It works like magic, if the children help in meal preparation they own the meal, they feel like they did it and they will always eat it. They can cut the vegetables, add spices, taste the salads for seasoning, they can add fruits in the blender for the smoothies and they can run the blender. Safety is paramount but with your watch, they can help a lot and stay healthy.
Finally let the children play. Creativity in playing will make the children do more and get more from their playing. You do not have to tell them what to do, the children can always come up with what something to get them moving. When I say play, I do not mean video games, computer games or TV games. I mean, them getting outside or in their room and finding out ways to play, to run, to compete, even to fight. It is healthy for them. Buying children all the toys is killing their creativity and making them obese.
There is so much we can do keep our children healthy and to fight childhood obesity. depending on your circumstances you know what recipes you use and how to modify them to fit in your family, do it. Then encourage the children to gout and play till they drop, it is healthy for them.
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