We don’t find or come across a teenager that hasn’t any bad habits. Similarly bad food habit is seen common in teens but if we look into the previous decades this was not a serious issue as they have more time to eat healthy food, fast food culture was not prevalent like now and parents pay great attention towards their teens so that they get the right and healthy food most of the time.
If parents can recall and roll around their head, see what has perpetuated into their parenthood that teens has now develop such habits; you might find some solution.
The most appropriate and right thing you as a parents of teen find out that the sedentary lifestyle is a major key factor into such habit. Your teen spend most of his time lying on sofa watching TV or sitting in front of his computer, come home after school and go for a nap or instantly socialize with friend or extra-curricular activities or even gets busy with his studies. And as usual this is his or her routine on most of the days. What is the problem you see while observing all of the activities of such a teenager – lack of time. So what teens, they will instantly grab the food what is available to them without knowing if it healthy or not; they just want to fill up their empty belly.
Hectic lives mean teens have less or fewer time to find out what food is healthy for them. And similarly this applies to the parents also. Likewise, to obtain healthy foods in the quantities the teenagers need don’t get met due to high cost with cooking quality meals or obtain it from outlet etc.
What parents can do to get teenagers away from bad eating habits:
1. Don’t let them skip breakfast.
2. Restrict the time; this does not mean to deprive them of the schedule day to day routine but instead saving the time so that they get attention to their intake of food.
3. Cook quality and healthy food at home and let the teenagers know the importance of healthy food.
4. Limit the unhealthy teens eating habits like chips, burger, soda and processed food.
5. Whenever a teen is at home, a schedule time of taking whole meal or small meals will let them fill their belly with food that is cooked at home.
6. Let your teens make choices of food but also let them understand the health problems associated with junk food.
7. Being parents of teenagers you can reinforce positive food habits into them by praising them on taking quality meal or dining with family members picking up the healthy food.
The most appropriate and right thing you as a parents of teen find out that the sedentary lifestyle is a major key factor into such habit. Your teen spend most of his time lying on sofa watching TV or sitting in front of his computer, come home after school and go for a nap or instantly socialize with friend or extra-curricular activities or even gets busy with his studies. And as usual this is his or her routine on most of the days. What is the problem you see while observing all of the activities of such a teenager – lack of time. So what teens, they will instantly grab the food what is available to them without knowing if it healthy or not; they just want to fill up their empty belly.
Hectic lives mean teens have less or fewer time to find out what food is healthy for them. And similarly this applies to the parents also. Likewise, to obtain healthy foods in the quantities the teenagers need don’t get met due to high cost with cooking quality meals or obtain it from outlet etc.
What parents can do to get teenagers away from bad eating habits:
1. Don’t let them skip breakfast.
2. Restrict the time; this does not mean to deprive them of the schedule day to day routine but instead saving the time so that they get attention to their intake of food.
3. Cook quality and healthy food at home and let the teenagers know the importance of healthy food.
4. Limit the unhealthy teens eating habits like chips, burger, soda and processed food.
5. Whenever a teen is at home, a schedule time of taking whole meal or small meals will let them fill their belly with food that is cooked at home.
6. Let your teens make choices of food but also let them understand the health problems associated with junk food.
7. Being parents of teenagers you can reinforce positive food habits into them by praising them on taking quality meal or dining with family members picking up the healthy food.
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