The weight gain leads to overweight and obesity leads to serious problems like hypertension, diabetes, and heart diseases much earlier in life. Proper nutrition begins at home with the foods you buy and prepare. Giving your child a healthy start with good eating habits is worth the effort. Food provides the energy your child needs to grow, learn, jump, stretch and play. It provides the nutrient base necessary for building a strong and healthy body.
Food also provides immediate information to the body.
It can make your child feel full and re- energized or tired, jumpy and irritable. For many parents mealtime becomes a battleground where either they lose or win. One often hears parents complaining about their children being 'problem eaters', 'poor eaters', 'mainly snackers' etc. This is not the child's fault. The parents have not taken an effort to instill proper eating habits and food behaviours in children.