Healthy Eating for Healthy Kids

Healthy eating means eating a wide variety of nutritious foods to provide the body with the right balance of important nutrients to be healthy. Regular meals and snacks should include nutritious everyday foods and drinks from the healthy food plate with limits set on sometimes foods.

Healthy eating promotes better learning, concentration, behaviour, healthy growth and weight, strong bones, healthy teeth and more...

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These are the key healthy eating behaviours for children

A Healthy Breakfast
Every Day
Choose water as the Every Day Drink Choose Everyday Snacks & Lunches

Limit of 1 Sometimes Serving  most days
 

Regular snacks and meals from the Healthy Food  Plate

Children should
not diet

Learn more about:

 Healthy eating
Confusing health claims
Everyday and sometimes foods
Healthy eating and children above a healthy weight

 

                                       

 


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