While I was reading Miss Farahs blog I found out the months of March is National Nutrition Month. National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
Explore Healthy Foods Through Books
Find coloring books or read books that introduce fruits and vegetables as characters, or have interesting stories that revolve around healthy foods. Books such as we love Kuwait coloring books.
Prepare Healthy Meals Together
Engaging children in the preparation of kid-friendly healthy dishes is so fun and so very messy, but children are more likely to eat something that they have helped to prepare. So, bring out those bowls, spoons and cups.
Don’t forget to dine together. Children who eat meals with their families tend to have better diets, not just because meals are planned, but because of the positive examples that are set at the table.
Get Creative
Make silly food faces out of fresh fruit and vegetable slices, and come up with amusing, silly names for the healthy foods you prepare. Celery and raisins become “ants on a log,” peanut butter and pretzels can be “mud on a stick,” and spaghetti with tomato sauce can turn into “wiggly worms.”
The golden word is “distraction.” The apple wedge is a boat, and their mouth is a river. Peas are made out of green. You can become a consummate actor or a verbal Picasso to get them to taste something new.
Pack Snacks Together
Children can also benefit from packing snacks for the day, or packing for a picnic. When planning a long-term getaway, encourage them to help with bagging individual portions of fruits, chilled veggies, cheese sticks, crackers, trail mix, water, 100% juice boxes, and other good choices. These are the images they will carry with them throughout their day.
Take Children Shopping
Young kids love to play grown-up. On a real excursion to the grocery store, allow the children to pick a new fruit or vegetable to try at home. Let them weigh their choice, bag it, and put it on the conveyor belt. Once home, let them help you present it to the family. Try to avoid flying through each aisle like a secret agent on a mission. Slow down and turn shopping into a learning experience.
And most importantly always prepare a healthy lunch box. Add a lot of color with fruits and vegetables and as we said before presentation is key!
Here are 2 blogs that I highly recommend. They are both written by Kuwaiti mothers who are dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles.
welovekuwait
healthyinkuwait
Another great campaign that promotes healthy lifestyle in Kuwait is Get healthy Kuwait by Taiba Hospital and Diet Care.
Source: Child Parenting
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