Tips to Help Your Child Eat Healthier

If you’re having trouble making smart nutritional choices for your kids, your child’s pediatrician can help you create healthier eating habits.

Choose Smarter Snacks — Instead of candy or chips, try nuts, apple slices with peanut butter, whole-grain crackers and cheese sticks, or hummus and carrots.

Get Your Kids Cooking — Making children an active part of meal preparation gives them pride in the foods they’ve helped make, leading to them being more likely to eat it.

Hide Healthier Foods — Hide veggies into dishes they already love such as whole grain mac and cheese, soups, or sandwiches.

Show Your Kids How It’s Done — Kids watch and mimic what parents do, so leading by example can improve not just your child’s health but yours as well.