My child is a picky eater.

Some children are picky eaters, and it can be difficult to ensure that they are getting their daily nutritional requirements through diet alone. Here are some tips on Healthy Eating, use Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating to help plan and prepare meals. It is an excellent nutritional guideline for children and adults.

• Use colour as your guide when choosing fruits and vegetables as different colours indicate different combinations of vitamins and minerals.
• Food such as milk, cheese and yogurt provide calcium, which is very important in building healthy bones.
• A well-balanced breakfast remains an important meal of the day. Fruit, whole grain toast, whole grain cereal and eggs are a great start as are servings of yogurt and cottage cheese.
• Get your children thinking more about good food choices by involving them in shopping and meal planning. They are more likely to eat their chosen foods.
• Providing a child with a daily multivitamin formulated for children is also a good nutritional insurance policy. It ensures that your child is getting all of the vitamins and minerals needed every day.

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