Food And Family
Want your child to eat well? Set a good example..
If you'd like your kids to eat healthy, start with your own diet. The more fruit and vegetables Mum and Dad eat, the more Junior is likely to consume, according to a study of two-to six-years-old at London's University College. And youngsters who were introduced to these foods earlier tended to reach for them more often. Those who had been breastfed ate fruit and vegetables more frequently than bottle-fed kids.
Speaking of milk, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Penn State University found that girls who met calcium requirements had mums who drank more milk.
Moreover, those who got the minimum recommended amount of calcium at age five (800 mg daily) were nearly five times as likely to do so at age nine (1300 mg daily)
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