1. For many parents, helping children develop healthy eating habits isa struggle. With the hectic pace of many families' lives and with more women working full time, even health-conscious parents are finding it easy to tolerate less than desirable eating habits. 2."A lot of parents don't want to struggle with the issue so they give up, letting kids make their own choices," says Jane Ress, director of nutrition service/education in adolescent medicine and lecturer in pediatrics at the Univer sity of Washington School of Medicine and Public Health. “ But children's judgment is less mature and they still d epend on parents to guide them." 3. It is best to start training children about foods as soon as they can talk since they are most influenced by their families during the preschool years. Additionally, research has shown that heart and blood vessel disease can begin very early and that hardening of the arteries can be associated with a high-fat diet. 4. Parents should carefully read food labels to check nutrients and ingredients. Most kids are attracted to the advertising and packaging of food, including highly sugared cereals. Rees suggests fitting them in occasionally asa treat in an overall diet that is focused on low sugar, low fat, and unprocessed foods. 5. Although it's a myth that children e hyperactive by eating too much sugar, sugary food is still bad for oral health, c
