Weight Loss Tips For Kids

Weight Loss Tips For Kids

BUT! BUT! BUT I DON’T HAVE TIME!

Yup, it’s so fun to snuggle down into the covers for that extra ten minutes of sleep on school mornings! And sleep is important! (Remember: You need about eight hours of snooze time a night.)

You know your brain relies on breakfast energy to think clearly. So clearly you need to think breakfast! It’s fine to keep it simple: a bowl of whole grain cereal with 1 percent low-fat or skim milk (maybe sprinkled with a few nuts) and a piece of fruit will do the trick.

Talk to your parent about making a switch from regular orange juice to calcium-fortified orange juice and from whole milk to 1 percent low-fat or skim milk on your behalf. (Remember: Little children in the family may need higher-fat milk, though. Ask the pediatrician.)

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GOOD BREAKFAST IDEAS

(Ask permission before using the stove. See here.)

• Granola or muesli (European-style granola) topped with fresh fruit, 1 percent low-fat or skim milk, or calcium-fortified soy milk

• Scrambled, poached, or hard-boiled egg with whole grain toast

• Whole grain toast with peanut or almond butter (choose nut butter without partially hydrogenated oil whenever you can)

• Multigrain dry cereal, nuts with dried fruit

• Hot oatmeal with nuts and fruit

• Sliced banana, nutty dry whole grain cereal with 1 percent low-fat or skim milk or calcium-fortified soy milk

• Tofu, noodles with miso soup

• Whole grain bagel with a slice of low-fat cheese

• Multigrain pancakes/waffles with fresh fruit slices and yogurt

• Whole wheat noodles with tahini sauce

• Whole grain pita with hummus

• Whole grain crackers with peanut or almond butter

• 1 percent low-fat or skim milk yogurt with raisins

• And always, some fresh fruit: apple, pear, grapes, or banana. Whatever you like!

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