Teach your kids to eat healthy foods

Your kids will not likely want to replace fast food with healthy food as long as they keep watching TV commercials. However, you can still do something about it.

1. Form guidelines together. Agree to order milk instead of soda, eat veggies instead of fries, replace ice cream with fruits. Discuss guidelines like these with them and stick to them.

2. Reduce food portions. Instead of laying all the food on the table, use food trays and set the portions yourself, much like what is done in school canteens.

3. De-emphasize fast food. Don’t use fast food as a reward for good grades or good behavior.

4. Set a good example. Kids will not eat sensibly if adults don’t.

5. Prepare healthy food in a delicious way. Invest in healthy cookbooks and get involved in meal planning and cooking. If you can’t eat the health food on the table, neither will your kids.