Eating habit relates children’s health

On Jun 17, CBC released a piece of news which tile was pay attention to how children eat, not just what. As we all known, nutrition is crucial for children’s health,so parents are focus on food choices for their children. According to the new study, children’s health is not only relate to what they eat, but also how they eat.

This new research stated that eating behaviours of preschoolers, such as watching TV while having dinner can lead to elevated cholesterol levels that could put kids at risk for cardiovascular disease in future life. Children aged from three to five who with poor eating behaviours had higher blood-cholesterol readings than children who had healthier eating hehaviours. If parents teach their children healthy eating habits, child will be healthier in later life. Some bad eating habits include eating while watching TV, eating in front of computers, and snacking on fluids like juice that can make kids feeling full at mealtime.

To solve this problem, parents can try to make mealtimes fun. For example,only present healthy food to children and exhibit good dietary habits like taking lots of vegetables. In this way, parents can promote healthy eating in children. Creative presentation of food can improve children’s eating habits, such as cutting vegetables into interesting shapes.

Targeting preschool children is very important because this group is usually neglected. Studies showed that in older children, elevated cholesterol levels are associated both with the later risk of heart attacks and strokes. If we try to intervene and promote healthy eating behaviours in preschool children group, their health will be promoted later on.