How do you get kids to eat healthier foods?

FAMILY ESCAPE PLAN IN PLACE. WNE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PARENTS CAN HAVE A WAY TO GET THEIR KIDS TO EAT HEALTHIER FOODS, BUT THE FINDINGS SHOW THAT PRESSURGIN KIDS TO EAT. WELL, THAT DOESN’’ WORK. SO WHAT DOES BILL O’NEIL JOINS US IN GREENSBORO WITH THE STORY? PARENTS KNOW THAT THIS ORANGE IS BETTER FOR THEIR KIDS DAN REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUP, BUT HOW DO YOU GET YOUR KIDS EAT FRUIT AND NOT CANDY? NEW RESEARCH FROM DEUK UNIVERSITY PROVIDES PARENTS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH THAT SHOWS MEALMETI STRATEGIES THAT WORK. RESEARCHERS FIND IT’S NOT JUST WHAT WE FEED OUR KIDS THAT’S IMPORTANT. BUT WHO WHICH MEAL TIMESND A THE CHALLENGE OF INTRODUCING NEW FOODS? THE EARLIER YOU START EXPOSING URYO CHILD TO A VARIETY OF FLAVORS AND TEXTURES AND ESPECIALLY FOR SOME VEGETABLES THE BETTER DUKE RESEARCH ON HEALTHY EATING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN SPONSORED BYHE T ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION URGES PARENTSO T CONSIDER THREE MEALMETI STRATEGIES STRUCTURE AUTONOMY AND REPEATED EXPOSURE. PROVIDING AN ABUNDANCE OF HEALTHY FOODS WHILE LIMINGTI UNHEALTHY CHOICES THAT PROVIDES STRUCTURE ALLOWING KIDS TO MAKE CHOICES MAKING THEM PARTF O THE PROCESS GIVES KIDS AUTONOMY AND MOST IMPORTANT DO’T’ GIVE UP RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CAN TEAK KIDS UP TO 15 TRIES OF A NEW FOOD FOR THEY REALLY KNOW IF THEY LIKE IT COULDN’T IMAGINE TRYING ANYTHING TWICE IF I DIDN’T LIKE IT THE FIRST TIME IT CAN SOUND OVERWHELMING BUT I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND. THAT ONE TRY IS ONE BITE. DUKE DIETITIAN MEGAN LOT PART OF THE RESEAHRC TEAM ON HEALTHY EATING SAYS THAT PENTSAR ARE THE BEST ROLE MODELS. SO EVEN IF YOU DON’T LIKE BROCCOLI THE FACT THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND TAKE A BITE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU LIKER O DON’T LIKE ABOUT IT OR WHY, YOU KNOW STILL SHOW THEM THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU DON’T LIKE IT YOU’RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT ONE BITE PRESIDENT BUSH THE FIRST ONE MADE BROCCOLI A IUESS BACK OF THE 90S WHEN HE BANNEDHE T VEGETABLE FROM AIR FOERC ONE IS FAMOUS QUOTE OF THE TIME QUOTE. I DO NOT LIKE BROCCOLI AND I HAV’N’T LIKED IT SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KIDND A MY MOTHER MADE ME EAT IT DAN I’M PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND I’’ NOT GOING TO EAT ANY MORE BROCCOLI. MAKING LOTS OF JUST THAT PARENTS MAYRY T PREPARING VEGETABLES IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR EXAMPLE SVEER BROCCOLI RAW STEAMED OR EVEN ROASTED AND MAYBE AND A LITTLE BIT OFUT B SHE SAYS MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL KEEP TRYING. IT’S A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT SO AS PARENTS OUR JOB IS TO KEEP PROVIDING THOSE HEALTHY OPTIONS KEEP PROVIDING THAT STRUCTURE IN THE HOME BY ALWAYS MAKING THE HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABLE AND LIMINGTI THE LESS HEAHYLT OPTIONS THIS RESEARCH FINDS THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY IS REPEATED EXPOSURE. THE LATEST DATA SHOWS TTHA MANY KIDS ARE NOT EATING HEALTHY LEADING TO A RISE AT OBESITY THE CHRON. DISEASES THAT COME W

Tips on how to get children to eat healthier

Updated: 5:28 PM EDT Oct 21, 2021

New research shows parents how to get their kids to eat healthier foods.The findings show that pressuring children to eat well doesn’t work. So what does?Bill O’Neil finds out.

GREENSBORO, N.C. —

New research shows parents how to get their kids to eat healthier foods.

The findings show that pressuring children to eat well doesn’t work. So what does?

Bill O’Neil finds out.