Focus Not on the Portion, but on the Proportion on your kids’ plates

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian – Kaylan Bartholomew

Par­ents are con­stant­ly be­ing chal­lenged by food mar­ket­ing com­pa­nies that tar­get chil­dren di­rect­ly. They of­fer, processed foods of­ten high in sug­ar, preser­v­a­tives, ar­ti­fi­cial colours and flavours, with lit­tle nu­tri­tion­al val­ue. This com­bined with our fast-paced lifestyles, chil­dren’s aca­d­e­m­ic and ex­tra-cur­ric­u­lar sched­ules makes it dif­fi­cult to be home at meal­times. De­spite these chal­lenges, par­ents can fo­cus on in­creas­ing the pro­por­tion of healthy foods their chil­dren are eat­ing, to help them to es­tab­lish healthy eat­ing habits and get the vi­tal nu­tri­ents they need to grow. (more)