This month is National Childhood Obesity Month. Click here for tips to incorporate more healthy eating habits into your child’s routine:
Being overweight as a child increases the risk of being overweight or having obesity as an adolescent and young adult. In other words, many kids don’t “grow out of” being overweight.Measuring BMIFor children age 2 and older, finding out your child’s body mass index is one way to learn if they're at a healthy weight. Children grow at different rates, so it’s not always easy to tell if your child is at a healthy weight.
See you making healthy choices, like eating vegetables instead of chips or drinking water instead of soda Limit foods and drinks that have a lot of calories but not many nutrients, like foods and drinks higher in added sugars, saturated fat, and sodiumYou can also check out these resources to learn how to cut down on:
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