22 Healthy Food Habits To Share With Your Kids
Healthy food habits to share with kids:
- Eating meals together encourages mindful eating and stronger family connection.
- Offering a variety of colourful vegetables and fruit helps establish nutrient-rich preferences.
- Involving kids in meal planning and preparation builds food familiarity and confidence.
- Regular meal and snack routines support balanced energy and reduce grazing on less nutritious options.
- Modelling balanced portions and positive eating behaviours helps children form lasting habits.
Healthy food habits to practice with your kids at home.
- Actually eat breakfast, instead of going for the dash-and-drink option
- Make your water bottle your wingman - always have one with you
- Hot up your H20 by infusing it with orange or lemon slices, berries and mint
- Swap the TV or laptop dinner for the table
- Hit your five and two - that's five serves of veg and two fruit a day
- Eat the rainbow
- Recruit a sous chef and watch your tastes and menus expand
- Tune into fullness, hunger isn't the only food feeling
- Cook more meals at home
- Life isn't a never-ending buffet - practice portion control
- Get savvy with food swaps - sweet potato for potato, cream for yoghurt, mayo for avocado
- Keep cheat day at just that, one day or meal
- Think of your kilojoules like a glass - you want them full of nutrients, not empty
- Get to know the "Healthy Plate"
- Just like sleep, it pays to stick to regular meal times
- Make time for your weekly grocery shop so you get your good food fill
- Everything in moderation, same goes for dessert
- Pick natural over packaged snack options
- Switch to healthy wholegrains and say bye to beige
- Use herbs and spices, not secretly-sugary sauces, to add flavour
- Learn the healthy versions of your favourite foods like zucchini brownies
- Substitute sugar with better-for-you natural sweeteners like berries and raw honey
*Swisse Kids Multi comprehensive formula contains 22 vitamins, minerals and herbs
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