Walk the Walk In order to eat all the fruits, vegetables, whole
grains, and proteins recommended on the Food Pyramid from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, it’s important to include
healthy between-meal snacks in your child’s diet. - Encourage
healthy eating habits. Make sure there are healthful snack
choices easily available at your home or in the lunches you pack
for your child. - Cut back on high-calorie sweets. Reduce the
number of candies, cookies, and cakes available for your
children. It's okay to enjoy these in moderation on special
occasions. That way they will really be "treats." - Eat well for
healthy teeth. It's safer for children's teeth for them to eat
sweets with a meal, not as a snack. In this way, the cavity-
causing deposits of the foods are more readily cleared from the
teeth. Limit between-meal snacks to more healthful foods. -
Model good eating habits. Most important, make healthful snacks
part of your own healthy diet. Let your children learn by
example that fresh vegetables, fruits, da