Reply to Obese BMI

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Obese BMI"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Not a professional but here is what I learned in a nutrition class:

* You don’t have to worry about portions if half of your meal is vegetables- which is how nutritionist recommend to eat.
* better to avoid/eliminate sugar, gluten and dairy (nut milks have a lot of calcium, for example). You don’t need milk past a certain age
* pasta, multigrain bread - still sugar. There are better ways to get carbs: buckwheat, barley, brown rice, millet, etc
* limit snacking - keeps your blood sugar high, not good for diabetes 
* fruit- not good snacks, too much sugar, increases insulin. Nuts, rice crackers are better, but better to eat 3 large portions 
* drink a lot
* rely on positive reinforcement- feed your child vegetables as much as possible and make sure they are getting the message about eating a lot of vegetables. If they only eat a couple of types of vegetables, just give them those until they venture out to try new ones

I relate to the struggle and I am still learning to apply those. Not easy to avoid sugar, particularly for kids. I hope this helps
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics