• By Yolanda Miller
• Posted Monday, May 7, 2012

Making Healthy Foods More Fun for Children

Encourage children to eat vegetables and fruits by making it fun. Provide healthy ingredients and let kids help with preparation, based on their age and skills. Kids may try foods they avoided in the past if they helped make them. Try making Delicious Dippers. Kids love to dip their foods. Whip up a quick dip for veggies with yogurt and seasonings such as herbs or garlic. Serve with raw vegetables like broccoli, carrots, or cauliflower. Fruit chunks go great with a yogurt and cinnamon or vanilla dip.

For more tips on making healthy foods more fun for children: Kid-Friendly Veggies and Fruits Picky Eating: Make Food Fun!

For more tips and resources visit: Healthy Eating Tips Healthy Eating Tips

For information about the Behealthy School Kids Program call 336-703-3217, email millerya@forsyth.cc, or visit:

http://www.forsyth.cc/PublicHealth/behealthy_school_kids.aspx

Source: ChooseMyPlate