Dina Rose - It's Not about the Broccoli : Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating download book PDF, EPUB, MOBI
9780399164187 English 0399164189 Improve your child's diet with unexpected advice: Stop thinking about nutrition and start thinking about behavior instead. Successful parents teach their children how to eat . Behavior--attitudes and reactions at mealtimes, snack times, and in the presence of food--is more important than broccoli. As a result of this teaching families have more enjoyable, less stressful mealtimes, and kids eat a wide variety of healthy foods. Dina Rose, a food sociologist and mother, presents the three habits that translate good nutrition into behavior: proportion, variety, and moderation. Rose describes the mistakes parents should avoid, including: Using nutrition to justify poor choices Unintentionally teaching bad habits, including overeating and hating certain foods Being held hostage to common parental food issues, such as fear of hunger or conflict Then she shows parents how to teach children behaviors that encourage good habits: Eat foods in proportion to their healthy benefits Approach a variety of new foods Eat in moderation It's Not About the Broccoli will show you that consciously teaching the skills that support good eating habits will give your children strong, loving, healthy starts in life., Stop thinking about nutrition and start thinking about your child's eating habits instead. You already know how to give your kids healthy food. But the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose, discovered a powerful truth: When parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids - surprisingly - eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors - the skills and habits kids are taught - they learn to eat right. Every child can learn to eat well - but only if you show them how to do it. Dr. Rose describes the three habits - proportion, variety, and moderation - all kids need to learn, and gives you clever, practical ways to teach these food skills. All children can learn: How to confidently explore strange, new foods How to know when they're hungry and when they're full What to do when they say they're 'starving' - and about to attend a birthday party How to branch out from easy-to-like prepackaged kid fare to more mature tastes and textures: savory, tangy, runny, crunchy. How to engage in open and honest talk about food without yelling 'I don't like it!' With It's Not About the Broccoli, you can teach your children how to eat, and give them the skills they need for a lifetime of health and vitality., You already know how to give your children healthy food, but the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose discovered a powerful truth: when parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids - surprisingly - eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors - the skills and habits kids are taught - they learn to eat right.Every child can learn to eat well, but only if you show them how to do it. Dr. Rose describes the three habits - proportion, variety, and moderation - all kids need to learn, and gives you clever, practical ways to teach these food skills.With It's Not About The Broccoli you can teach your children how to eat and give them the skills they need for a lifetime of health and vitality.
9780399164187 English 0399164189 Improve your child's diet with unexpected advice: Stop thinking about nutrition and start thinking about behavior instead. Successful parents teach their children how to eat . Behavior--attitudes and reactions at mealtimes, snack times, and in the presence of food--is more important than broccoli. As a result of this teaching families have more enjoyable, less stressful mealtimes, and kids eat a wide variety of healthy foods. Dina Rose, a food sociologist and mother, presents the three habits that translate good nutrition into behavior: proportion, variety, and moderation. Rose describes the mistakes parents should avoid, including: Using nutrition to justify poor choices Unintentionally teaching bad habits, including overeating and hating certain foods Being held hostage to common parental food issues, such as fear of hunger or conflict Then she shows parents how to teach children behaviors that encourage good habits: Eat foods in proportion to their healthy benefits Approach a variety of new foods Eat in moderation It's Not About the Broccoli will show you that consciously teaching the skills that support good eating habits will give your children strong, loving, healthy starts in life., Stop thinking about nutrition and start thinking about your child's eating habits instead. You already know how to give your kids healthy food. But the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose, discovered a powerful truth: When parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids - surprisingly - eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors - the skills and habits kids are taught - they learn to eat right. Every child can learn to eat well - but only if you show them how to do it. Dr. Rose describes the three habits - proportion, variety, and moderation - all kids need to learn, and gives you clever, practical ways to teach these food skills. All children can learn: How to confidently explore strange, new foods How to know when they're hungry and when they're full What to do when they say they're 'starving' - and about to attend a birthday party How to branch out from easy-to-like prepackaged kid fare to more mature tastes and textures: savory, tangy, runny, crunchy. How to engage in open and honest talk about food without yelling 'I don't like it!' With It's Not About the Broccoli, you can teach your children how to eat, and give them the skills they need for a lifetime of health and vitality., You already know how to give your children healthy food, but the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose discovered a powerful truth: when parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids - surprisingly - eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors - the skills and habits kids are taught - they learn to eat right.Every child can learn to eat well, but only if you show them how to do it. Dr. Rose describes the three habits - proportion, variety, and moderation - all kids need to learn, and gives you clever, practical ways to teach these food skills.With It's Not About The Broccoli you can teach your children how to eat and give them the skills they need for a lifetime of health and vitality.