Food Fun for Your Young Child

Talking to a young child about healthy food choices can be difficult. Young children are not able to understand what it means to be "healthy".  This does not mean that you can not begin teaching your child about all of the healthy benefits of food.

Making food a fun topic is key. Here are some great examples of how your food can be fun a fun topic to talk about with your young child.

• Bananas and other fruits packed with potassium can help your muscles work their best so you can "monkey" around for hours.

• Tomatoes and other healthy foods, together with exercise, can help keep you healthy and powerful so you can blow up balloons faster for a party!

• Low-fat cheese on whole wheat bread can help make your body strong and might even make you burp louder!

• Chicken, fish and other lean meats are filled with protein and can help keep your muscles strong so you can win that next race.

• Carrots and other vegetables jam-packed with vitamin A can help your eyes stay healthy so you can find your friends faster playing hide-and-seek!

• Spinach and other foods high in Vitamin A can keep your muscles healthy and you know who else gets their power from spinach, don’t you?

• Green vegetables full of vitamins help keep you energized so you can run your fastest during a soccer game!

• Low-fat milk and other dairy products are crammed with calcium that can help make your bones strong so you can skateboard or bike better.

   

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