L.I.V.E H.E.A.L.T.H.Y….Ways to help your kids LIVE HEALTHY!
L et’s eat, talk, and play together with our kids
I nvolve them in their own personal health plan
V ital role models are the parents and caregivers
E ssential part of their diet should be fruits and vegetables
H elping them to recognize their hunger and full cues
E xercise is a daily requirement for kids
A nticipate their needs for good quality sleep each night
L imit their TV, computer and video game time and push books and music
T eaching them to accept and love themselves as they are
H anging around fresh air and nature is important for children
Y es to water for kids instead of sugared drinks and too much juice
LIVE HEALTHY…now, do you think that my 4 kids follow all these ways to live healthy everyday? Of course not! It’s impossible! I try to judge my children’s living healthy “status” on a weekly basis not a daily basis…and I do try to succeed (but sometimes fail too) to BE A GOOD HEALTH ROLE MODEL!
NOW, do you readers have any other ways that you teach your children to live healthy? SHARE them with me… and keep tuned in.. 
thanks for your support…
About Mary Brighton
Mary Brighton MS, RD is a registered dietitian in America, France and United Kingdom. She received her Masters of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Colorado State University. She currently lives in France, is learning Italian and loves to travel, eat, be a mom.
You should see how many kids bring in sugared drinks at the daycare. It is scary!!
Connor asks for water!!! yeah! on occasion he has watered down juice.
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mbrighton Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 13:32
Gotta start the kids young (when they are around 9 months old) to already mix the small amount of juice they can drink with water, put into a ‘sippy cup.’ And, of course, to push the good habits: only water before each meal, and no juice after dinner. Carry water around, offer it as a first option rather than juice or other sugared drinks. Especially when the weather is hot! Kids 1-6 years old only “need” 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup a day of 100% juice..older kids can increase up to 1 1/2 cups a day of juice.
I promise to write something on this soon! Drinks you serve to kids are so important…and if there is too much juice this can lead to health problems: obesity, cavities, messed up hunger cues, stomach upset…
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