Toddlers & Preschoolers
A balanced diet packed with nutrient dense foods, supports good health and optimum growth and development during these young years. This is a priority for most parents when you talk to them about feeding their toddlers and preschoolers. It is a good priority because these young bodies need a lot of nutrients to grow a strong healthy body and brain.
There is another reason why parents should pay close attention to a young child's diet. A person develops their life-long food preferences between the ages 1 and 2 years. Individuals who were fed a variety of foods from all the food groups during this time, tend to adopt life-long eating habits that support good health. In other words, feeding a young child a variety of healthy foods from each food group between the ages of 1 and 2 years of age lays the ground work for a lifetime of healthy eating.
Positive Patterns for Life would like to help you, the parent of a young child, feed your child a healthy diet and lay ground work for a lifetime of healthy eating.
If you have been told that your toddler or preschooler are overweight or if you are concerned about your child's weight, CLICK HERE to gain access the FREE Parent Toolkit for Healthy Weight Kids.
This is a FREE toolkit which contains the following:
1. Self-Discovery Exercise to help you identify key unhealthy habits that may be contributing to your child’s high BMI
2. Healthy Habits Goals Worksheet to help you choose habits you want to work on with your child
3. Healthy Diet for Preschoolers Plus Serving Size Recommendations
4. Actions Parents Can Take to Support Their Child’s Health Habits
5. Healthy Weight Kids Goals Chart to help you and your child track success with adopting new healthy habits
6. Included with this toolkit are 2 program videos