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Best and worst foods for kids

Posted on Oct 28th 2006 9:48AM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

Ever wonder if what your serving your kids measures up nutritionally? Check out this article on the best and worst foods for kids. Chicken nuggets, pop-tarts, lunchables and fruit leather all made the worst list, while the best list was dominated by (not surprisingly) fruit, veggies, whole grains and healthy dairy products.

I don't have kids, but I imagine that when it comes to feeding them, parents sometimes don't get a 100% say in what they eat, as lots of kids are picky and will refuse to eat anything but fries, chicken nuggets, etc. Tell me parents, is this the case? And if so, how do you get your child to eat healthfully?

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Tags: best foods for kids, BestFoodsForKids, picky eaters, PickyEaters, worst foods for kids, WorstFoodsForKids

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Sharon Kellington 10-28-2006 @ 11:47AM

My kids' vegetables would always languish on the dinner plate and we would threaten or bribe them, depending upon how the rest of our day had gone, but I started noticing that if I refused to give them a snack a couple hours before dinner, so they were hungry, and I'd place vegetables on plate on the counter and tell them something silly like, "Gawk, someone's swiping my favorite string bean!" it became a pre-dinner game of innovative vegetable stalking, grabbing and eating before dinner and reduced everyone's stress at the dinner table. You might say it was not perfect on the discipline side, but since it was perceived as a game, it didn't generalize to anything else.

Veronica 10-31-2006 @ 12:59PM

This may sound horrible, but I tell my daughter that if she eats broccoli her eyes will turn green like the vegatable.

bobbie 10-29-2006 @ 12:33PM

I noticed that if I make a vegetable tray with dip and leave it out prior to dinner, everyone, including the kids, eats that while waiting and then it is not an issue at dinner.

Lou McWilliams 10-28-2006 @ 1:52PM

Before dinner, put out a plate of colorful raw, chopped, sliced, julienned, however they look good, veggies with a small bowl of ranch dip. The kids will rarely pass it up 'cuz it looks so nice. I did a lot of stir fry when my kids were little, too. And I NEVER told them I didn't like vegetables. If no big deal is made, it's usually better.

Martha 10-28-2006 @ 1:54PM

You guys have some great tips!

Katheryn Ostler 10-30-2006 @ 9:32AM

My 2-year-old is so picky. To make matters worse, he's allergic to many things. Instead of contantly battling with him I judge how his eating has been for the week instead of the day. There are some days when he loves veggies, and other days when he won't eat them at all. If spread out a course of a week he's had enough, then I'm happy.