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Powerful Tips for Preventing Obesity in Your Kids #20 - Don't Expect your Kids to Make Smart Food Choices if You Don't!

11/2/2015

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You know the saying, "Do as I say, not as I do".  Well in case you haven't figured this out yet, that saying is nonsense.  If you want your child to do anything consistently, and not just when you are looking, you had better think about modeling that behavior yourself.  Even if children listen in the short term, they are internalizing the behavior that they see you doing and when it becomes feasible they will do what you did and not what you said!
When you feel like you need to eat more food, try more vegetables. If you consistently take another serving of pasta, mashed potatoes or rice, your child will want do the same.
Next Post: Wednesday, November 4, 2015: Powerful Tip #21 – Control Your Intake at Mealtime with More Fruits and Salad
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    Dr. Kowal is a Pediatrician, author of the American Academy of Pediatrics publication, Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne and Growing Pains blogger, USA triathlon coach, speaker, and mom.  
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