Help children lose weight
Suggestion 3 : Make it easy for them to eat healthily
Basic approach
1. Be positive about making changes.
2. Be encouraging rather than dogmatic.
3. If there are other kids in the family whose weight is normal, don't make an issue of the overweight child having to 'go on a diet', while the other kids carry on eating as 'normal'.
4. Introduce changes on a 'healthy eating' pretext for all the family rather than a 'diet' for the overweight child.
5. Let them know that they're great as they are, and that losing weight is something they can do to improve their life, not something to make other people approve of them.
6. Talk about the benefits they will get from changing their eating habits. Explain it will make things even better for them: e.g. more energy, more confidence, more friends, more clothes and so on.
7. Talk to them about the changes that they could make. Get them to agree. Don't impose anything.
15 Practical suggestions for teens to eat healthily
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Suggestion 4 : Set a good example for them, yourself
Suggestion 1 : Encourage your kids to make changes to their general lifestyle
Suggestion 2 : Encourage them to become more physically active
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