How to Raise Healthy Eaters

Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD wrote a book called Eat Your Vegetables- Redefining How To Raise Healthy Eaters.  She also has a website, howtoraisehealthyeaters.com.  A few things she recommends is the following:

-Don't make your child clean their plate, so they develop self monitoring
-Don't bribe students with dessert is they finish their plate or eat their vegetables
-Keep apples and pears for snacks instead of juices and potatoe chips
-Stay  away from apple juice, it is better to eat an apple instead.
-Don't create a meal for each person in family, stay away from being a short order cook, instead plan and create healthy meals.

Here's a link to the book on Amazon.