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A-Tips for parents:

1. Provide fruits and vegetables as snacks. Keep fruits washed, cut up and in plain sight in the refrigerator
2. Serve salads more often
3. Try out vegetarian recipes
4. Include at least one leafy green or yellow vegetable for vitamin A such as spinach, broccoli, winter squash, greens or carrots each day
5. Include at least one vitamin C-rich fruit or vegetable, such as oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, melon, tomatoes and broccoli each day
6. Add a fruit or vegetable as part of every meal or snack
7. Be a role-model, eat more fruits and vegetables yourself ¹

B-More things you can do:

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2. Be sure your child is getting the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day
3. When shopping for food, start in the area of the store where they keep fresh fruits and vegetables and stock up.
4. Avoid buying high-calorie foods such as chips, cookies and candy bars
5. Limit or eliminate how much fruit-juice you give your child and make sure it is one hundred percent juice, not juice “drinks”
6. Eat as a family whenever possible: research shows that kids eat more vegetables and fruits and less fried food and sugary drinks when they eat with the entire family ¹

By choosing health-promoting food, you can establish good nutritional habits in your child that will last for the rest of his/her life ¹

Dr. Leina Eid

Pediatrician

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