Today's healthy habits can benefit you and your children for years to
come. Kids who have regular family meals
are also:
• more likely to make healthy eating choices like fruits, vegetables, and grains
• less likely to snack on unhealthy foods
• more likely to make healthy eating choices like fruits, vegetables, and grains
• less likely to snack on unhealthy foods
• less likely to become substance abusers
So how do you get them all together (no matter what their ages), at the same time without causing a disaster? Make it fun! Here's how.
So how do you get them all together (no matter what their ages), at the same time without causing a disaster? Make it fun! Here's how.
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Family
meals - happen anytime when at least one
child and one adult sit together to eat and connect.
Family style meals - happen anytime a
group of people (may include children) sit together to eat and connect.
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Strategies to Help with Sitting Together
Tips
for increasing family meals:
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Try
breakfast instead of dinner.
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Try sandwiches instead of something hot.
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Involve all family members in food preparation.
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Turn off the ringer and turn on the answering machine.
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Turn off the TV It is NOT a family member!
More to come!
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