The best place to learn healthy habits is at home. Fifteen moms prove that living healthy lifestyles can be easy and inexpensive in a new book featuring tips on tough topics like cutting down screen time and getting kids to eat more vegetables.
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Active lifestyles and healthy eating habits begin at home. Making small changes at home can lead to a long, healthy life for your family.
Healthy eating at home prepares kids mentally and physically for their day. Create a healthy home environment by offering your kids nutritious options for family meals and snacks. But just eating healthy at home isn’t always enough. Educate your family about why healthy eating is important, and instill lifelong healthy behaviors your kids can rely on.
Eating right doesn’t mean you have to give up good food. One of the best ways to teach kids better eating habits is including them in the process. Have them help choose healthy foods at the grocery store and be a helping hand when cooking nutritious meals in the kitchen. Cooking with your kids can help picky eaters learn to like more foods and help build a unique family cookbook with healthy homemade recipes.
Make physical activity part of your family’s healthy lifestyle. Less than 60 percent of adults are physically active and this trend is being passed on to our next generation. Parents are the healthy role models kids need to develop the active habits that decrease risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.
Do something. Get active with your family for at least 60 minutes a day. It doesn’t all have to be at once, but you do have to start somewhere. Create physical activities for your family that get everyone moving for 10 to 15 minutes several times during the day.
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