Send a balanced meal every day, day after day. Your child might trade it away, but at least you are sending a consistent message. Lucia Kaiser, a U-Cal Davis Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist, offers these suggestions for improving your kids school lunches. Let your children help you draw up weekly menus. Include them in lunch-shopping.
Kids are more likely to eat raw vegetables if accompanied by a dip.
Consider chili or salsa for dipping. Lunch periods are brief, so packages should be easy to open and food easy to eat. To the typical elementary-grader, trends and fads are extremely important. Especially if you put that clause in your negotiated agreement with him. Answer these questions by calculating your Target Heart Rate and your Body Mass Index.