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HEALTHY EATING TIPS
- Encourage healthy eating for the whole family
- Do not buy foods you do not want your child to eat
- Keep a stock of healthy snacks close to hand for your children
- Practice what you preach – children will mimic parents eating habits.
- Encourage regular meals – turn off the television during mealtimes
- Health eating and exercise go hand in hand – Encourage every member of the family to exercise more
HEALTHY LUNCH BOXES
Remember when packing a lunchbox to choose something from each of the four main food groups to ensure that a wide range of nutrients are on offer. An ideal lunch would contain some bread or cereal food, some fruit or vegetables, some milk/yoghurt and a protein rich food from the meat group
for your children
Super Sandwich
Choose from: rolls, bread, baps, pitta breads,
Croissants, crispbread, crackers
Fill with: thinly sliced beef, lamb or pork, cooked ham, chicken,
turkey, tuna, grilled rashers, sliced sausages, pate, Spanish omelette,
hard-boiled eggs, roasted peppers, grated cheese,
cream cheese, tomatoes, lettuce….
Mix with: mayonnaise, chutney, curry paste…..
Have fun trying out different combinations
Fruit Fun
Fresh Fruit – apples, bananas, pears, mandarins
Plums or grapes
Dried Fruit – apricots, raisins etc.
Thirsty?
Try milk, unsweetened fruit juice, smoothie, yoghurt drink
flavoured milk drink
Healthy Snacks
How about yoghurts, cheese cubes, stick of
Celery or carrots, popcorn, rice cakes, cartons of
Rice pudding or custard.
