‘Eat healthy from young’, well that’s quite easy to say, isn’t it? But try to implement it with your tiny tots and voila! We arrive at one of the biggest parenting challenges. Before we go further, let’s just take a sneak peek into the causes of this challenge. The truth is that many parents today have not been trained to eat healthy from young during their formative years. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) data stands testimony to this. So, how are you going to teach something to your kids that you yourself might not have learned? Well, don’t lose hope, it actually isn’t as hard as it sounds.
Conditioning is the key
So why do you have 20-year olds who prefer burgers, pizza and a host of other junk food four times a day? Well, it’s because they were exposed to all of it during their childhood and adolescence. A lot of what people do during their formative years stays with them forever. It’s quite hard to get them to break away from these habits. There are also youths who prefer eating vegetables purely by choice. Whether one prefers convenience food or vegetables, the choice mainly lies on what types of food they were made to follow during their childhood and teenage years. If kids can be trained to enjoy eating vegetables for life, then they surely can be trained to be healthy eaters as well. Nourish your kid with healthy food and you would be doing a great service for his future.
Being aware
Is your kid a fussy eater? A bit of awareness can be helpful. Maybe some gentle coaxing on the benefits of vegetables or a short and crisp YouTube video highlighting the pros of healthy eating and the risks of junk food can set him thinking. These might be baby steps but they can surely go a long way. That doesn’t mean that you jump to unreliable sites parading vested propaganda. There is a great deal of reliable and objective resources published by credible agencies. Let your kid know that a wholegrain meal or a piece of fruit is not to be seen as a punishment. At times even the stomach is controlled by the mind. A bit of awareness can help your child relish that healthy meal you’ve made.
Take that extra effort and cook a meal
It’s true that our jobs may leave us drained to the point that we are too tired to cook. With the plethora of food choices in the market you just have to make a few clicks on your smartphone and the food is at your doorstep. Well, let’s try to refrain from that, shall we? Put in that extra effort whenever you can and cook a healthy meal. Chances are that whatever you cook is going to be healthier than convenience food products that they will find in fast food chains. With a little bit of effort, a healthy eating culture can be cultivated among the growing generation. Let’s invest a bit of time and healthy eating into the health of our future!
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