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Kids' menus might lead you to believe that our children were born with a craving for chicken fingers, hot dogs, and anything fried but this is simply not the case. During the first two years of life, only you control what your child eats so take advantage of it! You can get them to enjoy fruit as much as candy. Both are sweet and there is no reason to give them candy or cake or cookies until they are old enough to ask for it. This is the time to introduce your child to a wide array of healthy foods and then he or she can make their own choices as they get older.

 

 

Everything in moderation is something we all hear and sometimes try to live by. Keeping kids from junk food entirely is not an easy thing to do but keeping it in moderation might be.  Figuring out what moderation means is the difficult part. Start by keeping a limited amount of junk food in your house. Instead offer your child nutritious snacks such as fruit, cheese sticks or raw veggies after school. Keep mealtime junk-food free as well. There are plenty of opportunities for your children to have junk food in school, after-school activities and at their friend?s houses. The less you keep in your house, the closer to moderation you will keep them.

When you let your kids have fast food, obviously only do it once in a while, but also don't make a big deal out of it. If you don't get them excited about going to get fries and shakes, they won't be as likely to pester you about when the next time you can go will be.