EXTENSION NEWS: Helping your children love vegetables

The Weatherford Democrat – Kathy Smith

Both children and adults like and eat foods they are familiar with. The best way to get children to like them is to keep offering them. One study showed that children had to taste a new vegetable up to 15 times before they accepted.

It is normal for young children to be wary of new foods. If your child rejects a new vegetable or refuses to try it, don’t give up! Just try again another day.

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Fitness first: Reducing screen time isn’t enough; tips to help children become active at an early age

Times Now – Staff Writer

Children tend to learn what they see adults do and perform. Their actions are a reflection of their parent’s actions. When a child watches their parents being active and performing certain physical activities, they tend to adopt that sort of lifestyle. On the other hand, when children see that their parents are living a sedentary lifestyle with no physical activity, they adopt that as a part of their lives.

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