Getting Kids to Eat Healthy

Our first Lady Obama has recently decided that our kids school lunches need help. Ya think? She's even enlisted some special chefs (she'll have to tell them to lay off the butter a bit though) to join her with her anti-obesity campaign to help teachers and parents learn about nutrition. In my opinion she's got to make education to parents available and easily assesible too because it seems most parents are as confused as the kids. And getting kids to eat veggies is well, a daunting job unless you are persisitent  from the very begining when babies are first put on solid foods.

No offense parents (and I made this same mistake with my kids as well) but you have to remain firm but not lecture; kids will eat when they get hungry enough. Just because they refuse to eat something doesn't mean you give up on it and give them something else they will eat like mac and cheese. Eventually they will eat whatever you eat, yes, even broccoli, if you simply don't make a big deal about it.

As far as the chefs, they will have to be creative in the presentation,  taste and make it fun, all in one, because by the time kids get into school they are already used to McDonald's hamburgers, chicken nuggets, fries and all the little cute freebies kids get in fast food resturants.

Parents a good reference for getting children to eat healthy (and yourself) is Dr. Sears' L.E.A.N. Kids