Eating Impersonate Parent Child

Many parents are made dizzy with her ​​diet like picking out food (picky eating). But, you need to be careful if you think your child a picky eater because the way you look can affect nutritional intake.

When a mother already branded her as a picky eater, usually the child will rarely eat fruit and vegetables. "The perception of parents that their child picky food can make the parents do not offer their children healthy food," said Mildred Horodynski, researchers from Michigan State University's College of Nuring.

One way to encourage children to eat healthier, according to Horodynski, is to change eating behavior of parents. That is, if the father-mother mengasup accustomed to healthy food, kids will usually follow.

"What children eat a diet reflects his mother and unfortunately most women are also seldom eat vegetables or fruit," he said.

So that children love healthy food, mother or father should not only menghidangkannya, but also eat together. "When you try something the food, the child will be interested to try it too," he said.

He suggested, if the child refused to taste the vegetables are served, parents should not directly labeled her vegetable hater. "Research shows that children need to try 15 times before going to eat a particular food," he explained.

The key to kids like fruit and vegetables are introduced as early as possible, ie at 7-8 months of age when children begin to recognize the solid food. "At the age of 24 months the child already knows what she likes. If the mother does not give vegetables, he would not like it," he explained.