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Children’s Food and Nutrition
      
There’s a lot of talk about the obesogenic environment we currently find ourselves in, where children are faced with widespread access to less nutritious junk foods and soft drinks, an endless array of electronic entertainment choices and a mass media that bombards them with the message to CONSUME!
      
Despite all that, we, as parents of young children, still hold sway over the home environment - we are in charge, or should be, of what’s in the fridge, freezer and presses!
Children's Food & Nutrition
      
We know from the recent Children’s Food Consumption Survey 2005 that what happens at home has the greatest influence on our children’s nutritional intake. What’s in the house will dictate what the kids will eat!
      
So let’s take the focus off the wider environment and let’s get down to what we can do at home, providing the best opportunity for our children to grow and develop.
      
Rather than starting a revolution, lead by example. As parents, we can model good eating and activity habits ourselves, provide quick but nourishing family meals and set limits on (not ban) foods with little nutritional value.
      
      
      
      
        
Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.
        
        
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