Healthy Eating for Kids | Dr Rama Sofat Hospital

Healthy Eating for Kids | Dr Rama Sofat Hospital

Well, this one is simple – kids need healthy food to become well-functioning individuals. Childrens’ bodies and minds are still developing, and to get their systems to function right, they need an array of nutrients that different food groups provide. A child’s growth and development is dependent on the food 

1.Make healthy eating fun

You might have to wake up a little early for this one! Often in school, kids gravitate towards their canteen’s samosas, wada pavs or chips because they look tempting.

 If you want to get your child to open her dabba and actually eat what you’ve given her, you could do that by cutting up the food in fancy, cute shapes and make them cartoon-like! You could make a bunny-shaped chutney sandwich by cutting the bread slices in a round shape and adding the leftover bread pieces as ear

 2.Refined flour should be an occassional activity

Simply not having refined flour at home can prompt you to make snacks and foods out of whole grains. When going grocery shopping, ditch the maida and buy your regular atta in a larger quantity. If maida is something you might need sometime, buy the smallest packet you can get. 


 3.Practice what you preach

Kids learn less with words and more with actions! You can keep telling your child that she shouldn’t eat junk food, but it will not stick if she sees you eating the same. Thus, practice the same things you teach your kid. Again, having an environment where you don’t have unhealthy ingredients in large quantities at home can be helpful in you and your child adopting healthy food habits.

4.Ill your child’s appetite with healthy snacks
We know it’s impossible to get your child to constantly eat fruits and green veggies – sometimes you’d want to treat her for doing well in school or because she’s hurt or sad. It’s a misconception that all packaged food available in the market is bad for you – you just need to find the right snacks!

5.Show them how you cook

When your child is accustomed to receiving the finished product on her plate, she is less likely to appreciate it. When you involve your kid in the process of cooking – the colours of different foods, what goes into cooking them and what they taste like before and after cooking them, she is more likely to feel like she has partaken in the process, thus appreciating the food more

6.Reward their healthy choices
Positive reinforcement works well on children. You could devise a system where if your child eats all the food you’ve given her through the week, she will be rewarded with a treat on the weekend