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Select and buy appropriate foods.
Choose variety and introduce new foods slowly. Limit processed foods,
but don’t become the food police. Allow toddlers to help with preparation.
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Present meals appropriate for child.
Each meal includes starch, protein, milk, and fruit
or vegetable. Each snack should include 2 food groups. Consider
texture, portion size, and types of food.
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Regulate meal and snack times.
Most children need 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day. Avoid grazing or
panhandling.
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Be a role model. Limit sodas
and other low nutrition foods, and eat a variety of foods. Avoid
labeling foods as good or bad, and comments that indicate a negative body
image.
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Make meal times pleasant.
Help child to focus on food. Plan a family mealtime that is positive
and relaxed. Turn off any distractions.
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Enforce standards of behavior.
Teach polite refusal; don’t allow disgusting behavior.
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