As a nutrition coach for over a decade, I have discovered that many parents do not eat breakfast with their children. Though they tell them to eat breakfast, they often find it challenging for them to eat it. Even worse, for the kids who do, parents will often throw a granola bar at them and have them eat it on the way to school. This is a dangerous pattern that will lead to unhealthy eating behaviors.
If you want your child to eat a healthy breakfast, eat breakfast with them. I'm usually out of the house before my kids are out of bed, but my wife prepares and has breakfast with our children. She doesn't give them Pop-tarts and calls it breakfast. Instead, she cuts up bananas, gives them blueberries, whole grain waffles, and eggs with a glass of water (not juice). You know, healthy stuff. By the way, they love it! Why, because it's what we eat too.
This is just one more thing we can do to stop childhood obesity.
Kelly Huggins
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