Four Steps to Healthy Family Meals

These four meal-planning steps can help you and your family develop healthier eating habits that can last a lifetime.

Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! A Parent’s Guide for Raising Healthy, Happy Kids (Wiley Publishing, March 2010) is designed to help the whole family develop a positive relationship with their own bodies, a taste for nutritious foods and a love of physical movement. According to the authors, these four meal-planning steps can help you and your family develop healthier eating habits that can last a lifetime:

• Establish a regular schedule for eating.

• Stick with the nutrition basics: whole grains, fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy products and lean meats.

• Become a savvy shopper. Don’t shop when you or your kids are hungry. Make a list of items you need and stick to it.

• Stock the fridge, pantry and cabinets with healthy staples and snacks, and limit junk foods.

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