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How Can I Ensure My Kids Eat More Fruit and Veg?
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factsheet on fruit and vegetables (350 KB PDF).
Fruits and veggies are really important for children. For example, heart
disease has it’s roots in childhood. By helping your children to develop the
habit of eating lots of fruit and vegetables, you will be protecting them in
later life. If your children snack on fruit rather than high-sugar snacks
it will help them to concentrate as well as helping them to avoid serious
illness.
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Let children decide whether to eat
fruits and vegetables - and how much to eat. It’s never a good idea to
force children to eat |
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Likes and dislikes change - If children
don't like something the first time, wait a few weeks and patiently try
again |
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Make fruit/veggies easy...have a fruit
bowl within easy reach and allow children to snack on fruit/veg whenever
they like |
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Be positive...never say “if you eat
your broccoli, you’ll get a treat”...instead, talk about broccoli like it
is a treat...children will pick up on this |
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Kids love to eat fruit salads...chop up
a variety of seasonal fruits and cover with some cloudy apple juice or
whole orange juice |
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Serve with some low-fat yoghurt, or a
blob of ice cream for a healthy dessert |
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Pack fruit salad into Tupperware for a
healthy school snack |
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Slice up fruit that is on special offer
at the supermarket...simply slicing fruit onto a plate often tempts
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If all else fails, you can disguise
vegetables easily - pureed vegetables can be added to mashed potato, chopped
vegetables like carrot, onion, pepper and courgette can be added to
spaghetti Bolognese or stews, and home made vegetable soup can be blended to
a smooth consistency.
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Members of 6th Class at St Mochulla's NS in Tulla distributing fruit as part
of the RedBranch Fruit Break |
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