How to control our kids' eating habit??

riani2009 well I always thought that fat overeating parents generally spawned fat kids so be an example to your children. just eat what is necessary for you to be a healthy weight and do not give your kids' more than they can eat easily.if they do not finish what is on their plate that is fine. chocolate is fine if it is just an normal portion and snacks should be healthy ones not stuff that will make them fat and bloated.try string cheese and raw fruit and nuts.

Rule number 1--Your children, assuming they are not teenagers, do not have their own income and drive themselves to the store. YOU control what comes into your house. Buy less chocolate and chips. ;) If my kids ask to eat close to mealtime and I know they are probably pretty hungry, I will tell them to get some fruit or veggies out of the fridge. They're pretty good about this. It's that or wait till the meal. (I don't feel too bad about the fruit or veg, even if they eat and then don't eat a lot of dinner, it's healthy.) When *I* buy chips, snacks, etc. for them, I buy what's on sale at the local health food store. It's still chips and stuff, but it's minus the preservatives and *sometimes* some extra nutritional value. (like we found some sweet potato chips the kids like--it's still got some extra fat cause it's a fried chip, but it's also got the vitamin A of a sweet potato that other chips don't have. And some cheeto puff type snacks that have green veg powder sprinkled on, they don't TASTE at all like that but according to the 'nutrition facts' they've got some extra vitamins because of it.) Mostly I like that it's minus the MSG and stuff. (says nothing for what Dad and grandma buy) If they pick at a meal I made, or refuse to eat, and I know it's food they generally like, they don't get to eat again for at least an hour. (longer if it not dinner before bedtime, I will not send them to bed without offering something.) The idea being if you were not hungry at the table, you should not *need* to eat for awhile. And then, when I do offer something, it will be something healthy--no chips or candy. I talk to them about what foods are healthy and what are not so healthy--chips and ice cream for example, are "one bowl foods". If you are still hungry, you can go to the fridge and get some fruit or another healthy snack. If your kids don't like a lot of fruits, vegetables, or other healthy snacks, I've heard a lot of people have luck with letting the kids pick out a new food to try when they go to the store. And don't FORCE it, let them TRY it. Might mean you buy *one* of the new piece of fruit and share it, then buy more if you like it. Let them take one little piece and try one bite. Give them the option to spit it out. I also tell mine when I'm making something new or we are trying something new. I've had great luck with my 5 year old then trying it and eating it and liking it because we ALL are doing it. I tell them about stuff I didn't like when I was a kid that I like now, to (hopefully) help them see that we can try and learn to like new things. And also, it might take repeated exposures or they might like it prepared another way. I'm not saying buy something if the whole family hates it and keep trying it, but if some of you like something and others do not, prepare it anyway and have a "try a bite" rule...eventually they might learn to like it, and if they don't, it's a good opportunity to practice politely refusing more.

First f all, dont have those things in the house. Then you wont be tempted to give it to them. Second, replace those snacks with healthy ones, fruits or veggies. They will probably cry for a while but when they realize there is no other option, they will get over it. They will thank you later and will be much more healthy. It is our job as parents to make the right food choices fr our kids.

to control bad habits of children, there is no other way should firmness. The means you should be able to prohibit the child by providing an understanding consequences of bad habits which the child is doing it but it must be remembered, these restrictions must be submitted with the understanding wisely wishes of the child. So, the child becomes known about the bad consequences of these habits. For example, as you have to say, the child is accustomed to eating chocolate, say to her that if she does not reduce habits eating chocolate, her teeth will hurt. Say to her also how suffering of the sick person's teeth and said to her that she can eat chocolate but in a slightly

My son would eat every hour of the day if I let him...lol. But I tell him that he just ate, and he can eat again later when it is time. After a child eats a meal for breakfast, they should eat again 3 - 4 hours later (lunch), a PM snack a few hours after that, and then finally dinner a few hours after that. None of this eating every hour stuff...that's way too much. Some people eat when they're bored, and that's not good. Kids shouldn't be doing this either. Kids want what they want. It's your job as the parent to tell them YES or NO to certain foods. Don't let a little whining and crying cause you to give in to your child. You have to be in charge. Good luck. :)