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Our Brand New ACCELERATED Fat Loss Diet!she loves pizzas, burgers, momos, noodles, chips and all kind of junk foods.
when i tell her to consume milk, pulses, green vegetables, she is not interested. i tried to convey this through my doctor, but she is not understanding it.
i don't want to see her obese like americans are , what should i do to make her understand the value of nutrition.
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1 bex // Jul 3, 2008
Cooking got me interested in healthy food.
Being able to create your own awesome food and have it be good as well is a good motivator.
2 drshorty // Jul 3, 2008
Feed her proper food at home.
Show a good example by eating healthy yourself.
Educate the whole family with good television shows and classes on nutrition.
3 Slade Coccyx // Jul 3, 2008
They have food in other countries? It must be air dropped from the UN or something.
4 kris // Jul 3, 2008
My daughter wants to eat whatever I do. I keep junk out of the house. Sometimes she tests me but if she gets hungry she will eat what I give her. A treat maybe once a week is also a good incentive for her.
5 davidis99 // Jul 3, 2008
She's your child, so you do have some options available as her parent. I'd suggest using a "carrot and stick" approach.
When I was young, I was not interested in a lot of foods either. To encourage me to try new foods, my parents bribed me (in very small amounts.) I would try a new food up to 3 times, and if I liked it, they'd pay me for those three times, and after that it would be a permanent part of my diet. That was the "carrot" part.
The stick part - limit the junk. Don't buy it whenever she wants it, only when you feel it's appropriate. Gradually, you can turn it into a reward, changing it from a stick to a carrot.
As part of this, I'd make sure to include fresh fruits in the mix of new foods to get her to accept. Especially any fresh fruits that have a crispness to their texture when you bite into them, like apples. Some vegetables work here as well, like carrot sticks.
6 MercurialMe :-) // Jul 3, 2008
Stay away from junk food yourself. Don't use them as rewards or family movie night snacks. Don't buy them or store them in the house. Cook only healthy meals and take her to a diabetic clinic and have them explain diabetes cause and effects to her. Then take her over to the high blood pressure center and have them do the same. Somewhere in there you should get your message across. Healthy eating is a family event.
7 Niki // Jul 3, 2008
Normally if you don't start a child out young, the tougher it is to convience that McDonald's isn't the best thing on the planet. I suggest teaching your child about proportions. For a child, it's hard to explain on how "important greens, and health food" are better for the body than the junk that she normally consumes. Introduce her to things that might change her mind, and try things with her. Food that is both appealing with sight and smell is a biggy for a child. I don't know anyone that isn't a little caught on junk here and there…but showing them that certain things can be wonderful to eat and enjoy is a better way that preaching to her about the benefits.
Much Luck to you…
8 Amanda R // Jul 3, 2008
Don't keep crappy food at home.
If kids see it, they want it.
Don't give her enough money to buy it and start making bagged lunches for school.
The trick is to promote healthy eating without putting any emphasis on weight or body type.
Young girls can be very easily damaged this way and it could cause you a lot of problems. Young girls are very sensitive when it comes to body image so, you will have to tread lightly.
I know your issue with her consuming junk is health related but, if you tell her that she will become obese or that you are worried that she may, it will backfire.
Mention internal health benefits of eating well and not external benefits as she may interpret your efforts as your way of calling her "fat".
9 e2saxon // Jul 3, 2008
Well this is not easy but i motivate my kids and show them the results of eating those types of food and put them if different situations and ask them how would them feel. plus i cook and buy food that are good for that looks great as well.
I have a 12yr, 6yr, 3 and 3 yr and it works.i praise them when i see them doing it on there own, and i changed my eating habits as well. I did a home experiment in the yard by pouring hot soda on a piece of ham, boy did they freak out the soda made the worms in have start moving trying to get away. from then on they took my word for it.sometime some visual can help what going into there bodies.
10 gomanyes562 // Jul 3, 2008
Well, first of all how old is she?
If she's young, then don't give her any choice. You give her food and that's that.
If she's a teenager, you need to explain your concerns to her honestly. Tell her about the health risks of too much fat and sodium. Ask your doctor to talk to her also. Set a good example by eating healthy yourself and not buying junk food for the house.
11 Icy // Jul 3, 2008
Yes, teach her how to cook healthy foods if ur her main care-taker. If you eat all that junk, you call it, don't expect her to change. You have to change too and eat as healthy as you want her to eat.
12 cookiegal // Jul 3, 2008
well my friend,
there is nothing wrong with being obese, as long as u love yourself, and are happy with WHO YOU ARE, and as long as it doesnt get so out of control that it jeopardizes your life. if u want to be "fat" id say go for it! if ur daughter wants to be fat, more power to her, u should love and support her no matter what. i think u are strongly misguided about your claim that american children are all obese….that is not true, my baby. there is a difference between being "well fed" and "obese". my sons eat tons and tons of junkfood, but they aren't "obese" at all! they get lots of exersize! they both play sports and swim 200 laps in our heated indoor swimming pool before bed (which they have been doing for years now!). i love u sweetheart, email me if u want a date sometime.
13 almond_lace // Jul 3, 2008
ALL American children are not obese ……………. and even if you did not say (ALL) you are implying that they are. Why don't you just say you don't want her to become obese.
14 Bingalee // Jul 3, 2008
How old is she? If she is still quite young, it's easy, just don't buy it. My kids had what I bought them, nothing else.But an occassional treat never hurt anyone.
15 fatjerry500 // Jul 3, 2008
Keep encouraging her to eat healthy good foods and serve those at home. That may help her eat healthier. It may not keep her from being fat or obese. Speak with her openly and discuss how she wants to be in order to be happy and well adjusted. My parents did that with me and discovered that I was happy, well adjusted and very well educated and successful in school. We had healthy good food at home and very rarely ate fast food. However, I always liked to eat a lot and was a very fat and obese child - from over 200 in 4th grade growing to over 450 in high school. However, I wanted to be that way and my parents understood.