Articles tagged with: eating habits
Or: The Deconstruction of a Habit – and Rebuilding a New One
This is in in continuation of last week’s article “Habits: Why We Need Ice Cream When We See the Truck“
I know it doesn’t seem like you reap anything but frustration from the fact that your child refuses vegetables, or won’t try anything new, or has a meltdown every night at the table. Whatever the problem, it’s…
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And, by healthy, of course, I mean slender, well-nourished ones who can run fast and do sit-ups and pull-ups and all manner of stuff I couldn’t do if my life depended on it. The perfect kind that choose to eat vegetables because they like them, not because you force them to by plugging their noses and jamming the spoon in their mouths threatening to take away their TV time.
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You want your child to eat better, but it’s tough. No matter what you do, things seem to stay the same. Sometimes, things even get worse.
Changing someone’s eating habits is no easy task. (If it were, we’d all be stellar eaters.) And it takes more than information to move things along. Everyone knows the information about ice cream — it is sugar-laden and…
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Despite vowing to never let the words pass their lips, how many parents can truthfully claim that, finding themselves at wits end, they have not uttered the phrase: “Do as I say, not as I do”? After all, we want our kids to do well, to develop the kinds of habits that will make them successful, happy adults. This is a natural aspect of being a good parent. Even though…
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In short, the answer is, “no.”
For one thing, unless you resort to really drastic measures — such as pinching your kids’s nose closed and them shoveling in some food when he starts gasping for air (a tactic I’ve considered but which I don’t recommend) — there aren’t any reliable techniques for making a kid eat something.
For sure, parents have lots of subtle — “Ummm, I love this…
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Getting kids to eat vegetables is clearly a big challenge for many parents. You can find a million suggestions on forums and blogs about getting your kid to eat those veggies. One idea that keeps popping up on most of the sites is to give your child a choice about what they want to eat. We all like choice, and a kid is no exception. The theory is, a child
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“Jason won’t eat his vegetables!” Day in and day out, we worry about how to get our kids to eat well for proper nourishment and good health. We may become desperate, bribing our kids with things like M&M’s for every bite of vegetables they take, just to get them to eat something nutritious! Don’t get down on yourself or feel like a failure as a parent if you have resorted…
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What kids really mean when they say, “I’m hungry”
Infants only eat when they’re hungry. And if they overeat at one meal, they under-eat at their next feeding to compensate. But pretty early in life, this sensible instinct somehow gets lost. Toddlers already model their eating after siblings, peers, what they see on TV and, oh yes, YOU. This wonderfully intuitive relation between belly and brain gets broken in…
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Think you don’t have the time, money or energy to load one more thing onto your plate? Think again. Get your kids involved and accomplish the one little thing together this week that will make a big difference:
This week, let’s focus on hydration to keep the family healthy. Make sure everyone in the family drinks plenty of water. Does your child come home from school pooped and crabby? Sometimes…
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Whole grain has better nutrition – more vitamins, more minerals and more fiber. So why don’t we eat more whole-grain products? “Because they take longer to cook, they are not always as accessible and people have a perception they don’t taste as good,” says ZisBoomBah nutritionist Lisa Lanzano.
White-flour products definitely have different texture and flavor than 100% whole-grain, which is denser and chewier. When you try to serve your…
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