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7 healthy habits to teach kids

1. Keep it positive“Helping your children develop a positive attitude can greatly contribute to their well-being throughout their lives and help them build resilience. 2. Limit screen timeChildren and teens are growing up immersed in the digital world, exposed to digital media at all hours of the day, including computers, smartphones and television. 3. Read with your students every day “Reading with babies and toddlers helps connections form in their young brains,” says Dr. Leek. “These connections build language, literacy and social-emotional skills that are important in a young child’s development.” 4. Make meals a colorful collageFilling a plate with brightly colored foods translates into health benefits and nutritional value, especially when the items are in season. Think red (apples), blue and purple (eggplant and grapes), green (beans), yellow and orange (carrots and squash), and white (cauliflower). 5. Eat breakfastEating a balanced breakfast with protein is a good way for your child to start the day. Try:

• Hard-boiled eggs, toast and an apple
• Almond butter on whole-grain toast
• Greek yogurt

6. Enjoy physical activitiesExpose your kids to a range of physical activities, from swimming to hiking.Every child is different, so there is bound to be something they will enjoy. 7. Read food labelsTeach your child about nutrition by looking at the food labels for their favorite packaged snacks. You can focus on a few important parts of the label, such as the amount of sugar, saturated fat, calories and serving size.

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The five food groups

The five food groups are: Dairy and/or their alternatives: the foods in this group are excellent sources of calcium, which is essential for strong and healthy bones. Not many other foods in our diet contain as much calcium as these foods. Fruit: fruit provides vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and many phytonutrients (nutrients naturally present in plants), that help your body stay health Grain (cereal) foods: always choose wholegrain and/or high fibre varieties of bread, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles, etc. Refined grain products (such as cakes or biscuits) can be high in added sugar, fat and sodium. Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans: our bodies use the protein we eat to make specialised chemicals such as haemoglobin and adrenalin. Protein also builds, maintains, and repairs the tissues in our body. Muscles and organs (such as your heart) are primarily made of protein. Vegetables and legumes/beans: vegetables should make up a large part of your daily food intake and should be encouraged at every meal (including snack times). They provide vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and phytonutrients (nutrients naturally present in plants) to help your body stay healthy.

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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Creating a healthy plate

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idioms about food

The apple of my eye

Typically used when speaking about another person who is our favorite person or who means a lot to us.

A bun in the oven

This humorous saying compares baking bread in an oven to a woman who is pregnant with a child .

• I presently have two kids and another bun in the oven.

Chalk and cheese

Used as comparatives to describe the difference between two things. Linda and her sister are complete opposites, like chalk and cheese.

A couch potatoe

Someone who spends all of their time seated watching television or playing games on their couch(Sofa) and doing little else. Often used to describe lazy people

A piece of cake

When something is very easy to do, it is a piece of cake!

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Spill the beans

To spill the beans describes when a secret has become public knowledge by accident or because someone was not careful. SPOILER

Go nuts

Two peas in a pod

If two things are very similar, we use this expression.

What's the idiom in the video?

To mentally go crazy.

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