Every mom knows that fruits and veggies do a growing body good.
She also knows how tough it is to get a toddler (or a grade-
schooler or even an adult) to choose greens and berries over
chicken fingers and Fruity Pebbles. So it's no surprise that
only one in 50 kids eats a healthy diet (one that meets federal
recommendations). But there are ways to turn your child into a
healthy eater without turning you into the nutrition police. Try
these reality-tested tips: Get your kids into the kitchen.
Seven-year-old Jason Zoller of Portland, OR, would zip his lips
whenever he didn't like the looks of something on his plate.
Then his mom, René, discovered that he'd try just about anything
if he'd helped prepare it. Giving kids a say in what they're
eating from letting them pick out items at the grocery store to
enlisting their aid in the kitchen entices them to venture
beyond hot dogs and macaroni and cheese. "Children feel
important when they're asked to pitch in, and because they take
pride in the finished product, th