Trying to assist your kids in forming healthy and nutritious eating habits can be a battle that takes a long time along with quite a bit of effort. From infancy to those kindergarten years, proper nutrition is essential -- but how do you follow such a healthy guideline? With patience and virtue.

The 'Food Pyramid' for kids is a great tool to use, and it's different than the standard USDA Food Pyramid for adults. Growing kids have different nutritional requirements, of course.

The color-coded guide explained at The Diet Channel is a great way to set up healthy routines for feeding that small child (and slightly bigger ones too). There are still some reservations I have about milk and meat products being included as part of these groups, but to each his (or her) own.