By Steve McIver, Pure Matters You can tell your children how to
eat well, but experts say it's better to show them. Children
learn by watching their parents. If your favorite restaurant is
the "All You Can Eat Buffet" and your number one vegetable is
the French fry, you're sending the wrong message. Good role
models have never been more important. One in five kids is
seriously overweight. High cholesterol and type 2 diabetes are
rising steadily among the young. Children must learn from their
parents and caregivers to value themselves, eat nutritiously,
and get proper exercise and rest. Here's some expert advice:
Dine as a family. Studies indicate that children who regularly
eat dinner with their family consume more fruits, vegetables and
fiber and less saturated fat, trans fat, fried foods and soda.
Go for healthy foods and drinks. Researchers have found that
girls' drink choices mirrored their mothers' choices. Girls were
more likely to choose milk over soft drinks because their
mothers did so. Switch to sma