“Parents are gatekeepers. If you don’t think they should eat it, don’t buy it.”
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- Drink H2O or milk with every meal
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666312001572 - Eat breakfast daily (Pop-Tarts don’t count!)
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eating/breakfast.html#a_Why_Bother_With_Breakfast_ - Make half your plate fruits and vegetables
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/ - Eliminate (or reduce to a specific number) soda and juice
- Cut juice consumption in half by adding seltzer water to each serving
- No fast food meals (or limit them to a certain, reduced number based on lifestyle)
- No (or reduced to a specific number) “sugary” cereals
- Eat one (or more) green vegetable per day
- Eat one serving of fruit with breakfast
- Two sweets per week (or whatever is an appropriate number for you)
- Reduce fried foods to a number that decreases current intake but is manageable with lifestyle. (Note: for your NHC commitment, you will have to provide a specific number)
- Eat one meal as a family each day (at a table, without television)
- Prepare healthy snacks to take to school each day