Small steps to better health

Family Dinner
Quite possibly the easiest activity for promoting a healthy family simply requires you to sit and eat with your kids. You get to monitor what they are eating and how much, both important factors in maintaining good health. Plus family meals forge stronger family ties…and, you get to talk together!

• Plan your meals ahead of time.
• When in a pinch for time, make a sandwich, salad or even “breakfast” for dinner!
• Make the family dinner fun. Play simple games – like “guess what I did today”, use fun placemats that have fun facts on them - a map of the Unites States, list of state capitals, science and math facts - as a way of engaging your kids, try adding candles to the tables.
• Turn off the TV so you can focus on your family.
• Encourage your children to help plan and prepare family meals.