What should be healthy eating plans for preschoolers?

Children in the age span of three to five are very flexible when it comes to inculcating habits in their routine. Healthy eating is the most necessary habit, as it will help them in the end while maintaining their health and enjoying what they eat. 

Here are a few of the easy steps to inculcate a healthy eating plan in preschoolers -

• Include something healthy daily in their Tiffin –

If you carry out an activity daily, it turns out to take the form of a habit. While preparing snacks for your kid’s Tiffin ensure that you add some green veggies, corn, fruits or fruit juice in it in a regular fashion. This will get them accustomed to eating healthy as a normalized part of their routine. 

• Do not treat greens as punishment food –

It is a very common practice of treating green vegetables as a punishment food when your child does something wrong. This practice makes them develop a bad image of greens and they start protesting against consuming them. You must rather prepare innovative healthy snack recipes for your child and let them enjoy the flavor while savoring on healthy food components just as they do over other food ingredients. 

• Tell them the benefits of eating healthy –

Giving them information about what they are eating will help your kids develop an informative approach to their nutrition. This habit will not only motivate them to eat well but will also fulfill an important role in letting them explore the intricacies of the food they eat. For small kids, you can begin with giving them light information as in cartoons and intrigue them to eat well.

• Eat with them and enjoy your food -

Children mirror what they see; sitting with them and eating the same thing can also help in building healthy food habits for your child. While preparing evening snacks for your kids, make sure that they are rich in health and not simple and unhealthy processed food items. Sit down with them while eating and enjoy your food with them. This will also teach them to value their food and let you spend quality time with your child as well. 

• Make it look pretty –

Kids are innocent beings with verve for colors and pretty looking things. A bit of beauty and colors inculcated in their food will not only make their food look attractive but will also make them want to eat the food. There are numerous simple ways in which you can use natural items to give your food color and as well as nutrition. 

These are some of the very simple and basic ways to sketch out a healthy eating plan for your preschooler. There are many more ways you can develop this habit in them and ensure that all the necessary proteins are delivered to them in their essential growing years of life.