{"id":501,"date":"2021-02-17T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamthewholemama.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:07:29","slug":"episode-30-6-ways-to-teach-our-kids-healthy-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamthewholemama.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/17\/episode-30-6-ways-to-teach-our-kids-healthy-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode #30: 6 Ways to Teach Our Kids Healthy Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Link to Episode #30:<\/strong> https:\/\/thewholemamapodcastwithjennagibbons.buzzsprout.com\/1428730\/7921546-episode-30-6-ways-to-teach-our-kids-healthy-habits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By five years of age, most of us have established our food and fitness preferences. Wow! With this in mind, if we are able to start our children with healthy habits at an early age by leading by example, we will set them up for success in leading a healthy lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Look at Labels:<\/strong>\u00a0 Use as a teaching moment to talk about looking for food with shorter ingredient lists and how to read serving sizes, percentages, etc.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2. Teach at the Grocery Store:<\/strong> Talk about food items and where they come from \u2013 “Dirty Dozen vs Clean 15 \u00a0The\u00a0Dirty Dozen<\/strong>\u2122 is a trademark term used to define the twelve crops that farmers typically use the most pesticides on, versus, the\u00a0Clean 15<\/strong>\u2122 which is also a trademark term to describe the fifteen fruit and vegetable that have the lowest amount of pesticide residue.\u00a0 When you\u2019re looking at your grocery list budget, try prioritize your food buying decisions using this data.\u00a0 If you are able to afford to buy organic produce it appears that is a good choice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Cook Together:<\/strong>\u00a0 Make recipe cards, cut foods with cookie cutters, make easy trail mixes together, or name a meal your child helped with like, \u201cRowan\u2019s Yummy Pasta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    4. Support Local:<\/strong>\u00a0 Buy from local farms, butchers, etc and talk about the process of farm to table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Prepare One Meal for All<\/strong>:\u00a0 Expose your child to various food items and sit and talk together background music on. Make one meal for everyone (not a meal for item for each person). Ask your child to take a “no thank you” bite to expose their palette to various food times regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6. Get Active:<\/strong>\u00a0 dance in the am, make an obstacle course, tag outside, hike, kayak, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cook together, eat together, say active together, and be together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    RESOURCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.commonbytes.org\/?gclid=CjwKCAiAmrOBBhA0EiwArn3mfLXqalYp52ikOIVhn3Od8j_zLqP-wApt4Vo-RXkF-kVVdz3yIpHRahoCkVwQAvD_BwE#!\/lessons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.healthstartfoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Teach your kids healthy eating habits<\/a><\/blockquote>