1 Role Model - Your health and weight of the direct effects on the health and weight of your child. Children with one overweight parent have a 25% risk of becoming an overweight or obese adult . If both parents are overweight the risk of becoming an overweight adult jumps to 50%.
2 Be Positive - No one likes to receive negative feedback. Talk to your child with compassion and encouragement. Instead of saying " lose weight " , say : "Let us healthy and start taking care of our bodies ." Focus on foods you can eat, not what you can not. Say, " Come pick fruit and make a fruit salad " rather than " Do not eat that.
3 Make healthy eating a family affair - A family that eats together , eats better , according to a recent study in the journal Archives of Family Medicine. Children who report frequent family dinners have healthier than their peers who do not, according to the study plan . Also fill your refrigerator and cabinets with fresh fruits, nuts, low fat cheese , and things for everyone to snack on.
4 Eat Breakfast - A breakfast that consists of protein, starch and fat will keep your children more alert during the school year . Studies have shown that weight loss is much more difficult in people who skip breakfast .
5 Make time for physical activity - Make physical activity a family activity . Every night after dinner in the summer, go for a walk a half - hour and do an activity that kids look forward to. If you can afford it, enroll your kids in dancing or a sporting activity that they enjoy because they need to take to continue to do so. Or just turn on dance music and dancing around the house .
6 Do not say diet - Put your child on any diet and you're setting them up for a eating disorder - whether binge eating or closet eating or another type cloud . Lifestyle changes have proven to be the most effective way to lose weight and keep it off.
7 Avoid portion distortion - When serving the food try to portion out meal on dishes and avoid buffet -type or family- style food . When exposed to so much food , it's easy for your eyes to be bigger than your stomach. Resist the first temptation to have seconds then check with you to see if you're really hungry.
2 Be Positive - No one likes to receive negative feedback. Talk to your child with compassion and encouragement. Instead of saying " lose weight " , say : "Let us healthy and start taking care of our bodies ." Focus on foods you can eat, not what you can not. Say, " Come pick fruit and make a fruit salad " rather than " Do not eat that.
3 Make healthy eating a family affair - A family that eats together , eats better , according to a recent study in the journal Archives of Family Medicine. Children who report frequent family dinners have healthier than their peers who do not, according to the study plan . Also fill your refrigerator and cabinets with fresh fruits, nuts, low fat cheese , and things for everyone to snack on.
4 Eat Breakfast - A breakfast that consists of protein, starch and fat will keep your children more alert during the school year . Studies have shown that weight loss is much more difficult in people who skip breakfast .
5 Make time for physical activity - Make physical activity a family activity . Every night after dinner in the summer, go for a walk a half - hour and do an activity that kids look forward to. If you can afford it, enroll your kids in dancing or a sporting activity that they enjoy because they need to take to continue to do so. Or just turn on dance music and dancing around the house .
6 Do not say diet - Put your child on any diet and you're setting them up for a eating disorder - whether binge eating or closet eating or another type cloud . Lifestyle changes have proven to be the most effective way to lose weight and keep it off.
7 Avoid portion distortion - When serving the food try to portion out meal on dishes and avoid buffet -type or family- style food . When exposed to so much food , it's easy for your eyes to be bigger than your stomach. Resist the first temptation to have seconds then check with you to see if you're really hungry.
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