“Eat Your Vegetables” and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters

Eat Your Vegetables and Other Mistakes Parents Make: Redefining How to Raise Healthy Eaters affords parents a foolproof way to assure healthful nutrition and activity for kids of all ages. Parents will learn not only what exactly constitutes a healthy eating plan and approach to physical activity at various ages and stages, but also the tips and tricks to get kids to actually want to eat healthy and be active. 


Among the topics included:


• The (reverse) psychology of getting kids to eat healthy 

• Why the “Clean Plate Club” contributes to childhood (and adult) obesity

• How using food as a reward causes more long-term damage than short-term parental sanity

• How subtle marketing and packaging tactics are designed to sabotage healthy eating habits

• Effective counterstrategies for picky eaters

• How to make physical fitness and exercise fun