Starting Healthy Eating Habits

How is your nutrition IQ? Are these statements true or false?
• A fat baby is a healthy baby.
• Young children need vitamin pills to make sure they get all the proper nutrients.
• Snacking is bad for children.
(All of these are false.)
Children outgrow many things. As they grow up, they cast aside old toys and clothes. They give up diapers and baby talk. A few things, though, they will carry with them into adulthood. These include the eating habits and attitudes toward food they learn from you.
Children develop tastes for certain foods at an early age. They learn to like what you give them to eat. If you offer them lots of fruit and vegetables, they will still enjoy those foods when they are older. If they get used to soda pop and lollipops, they probably won’t be able to resist the lure of sweet foods later on.
The eating habits and attitudes your children pick up through your example are apt to last a lifetime. For this reason, you will want to become familiar with basic nutritional concepts. Fortunately, sound nutritional information isn’t hard to find, but you can also find false information. Separating fact from fiction is the first step