• Children's Nutrition

    Children need a balanced diet with food from all 3 food groups—vegetables and fruit, whole grain products, and protein foods. Children need 3 meals a day and 1 to 3 snacks (morning, afternoon and possibly before bed). Healthy snacks are just as important as the food you serve at meals.

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    Diana Steele, BSc, RD, discusses getting kids to eat healthy foods.
    Diana Steele, BSc, RD, discusses getting kids to eat healthy foods.
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    Lauren K. Williams, M.S., Registered Dietitian, discusses choosing healthy snack options.
    Lauren K. Williams, M.S., Registered Dietitian, discusses choosing healthy snack options.
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    Diana Steele, BSc, RD, discusses how to get picky kid eaters to enjoy foods.
    Diana Steele, BSc, RD, discusses how to get picky kid eaters to enjoy foods.
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    Sarah Blunden, P.Dt, CDE, CPT, Professional Dietitian, talks about how computer screens and computer devices can affect eating habits in teens and children.
    Sarah Blunden, P.Dt, CDE, CPT, Professional Dietitian, talks about how computer screens and computer devices can affect eating habits in teens and children.
  • Healthy Foods for Kids

    Trying to get your kids more interested in healthy eating is a great idea.First of all, you can try and have them participate in food preparation and meal planning. Ask them what they would like to have for dinner, and then get them to help peel the carrots, make the salad and set the table.You can also have them make their own lunches. By participating in making the lunch, they’re more inclined to eat the food that they have put in there.

                              

    Have more family meals. Sit down at the table, turn off the TV and allow your children that are old enough, to serve themselves. Even four- and five-year olds would love to be able to take that spoon and put food on their own plate. Try not to talk too much about what they’re actually putting on their plate, and encourage them to take a selection, trying at least a bite of everything. Often seeing your local family physician for a referral to registered dietitiannutritionist or who have available appointments to treat conditions, symptoms of  in conjunction with Smart Food Now  

    Be careful with after-school snacking. If the snack is a little bit too close to dinner, they may not want their actual dinner, and dinner often is one of the most nutritious meals of the day. So if they aren’t eating their dinner, try and wrap that up and offer it again later on. Get rid of that junk food in the house. If you buy it, you can’t expect them not to eat it, so if it’s not in the house, they’re not going to eat it. 

    And finally, be a good role model. You can’t expect children to eat what you won’t. For more information on how to get your kids to eat healthy, contact your local registered dietitian.

    Presenter: Ms. Diana Steele, Registered Dietitian, Vancouver, BC

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  • How Screens Can Affect Eating Habits in Teens and Children

    Here’s a tip for mindful eating and children. When we eat in front of the TV, play video games, tablets, phones, we’re not paying attention to the food that’s going in. We’re not listening to the body’s signals.

    We’re not tasting and chewing and appreciating the food. This will always lead to eating more and not feeling satisfied. And what happens is we actually lose our hunger and satiety cues. Often seeing a local family physician or a physiotherapist in conjunction with a registered dietitian and athletic therapist is a great option to take control of this condition. Smart Food Now and exercise is also optominal for overall health.    

    Here’s a tip. Turn off the TV, turn off the video games, turn off the tablet. Eat in an environment with less distractions, in a family setting or in a nature setting. This will help kids develop their hunger cues and their satiety cues to help them for now but also later on in life. 

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