British Heart Foundation - Get your kids onside

Get your kids onside

Keeping your kids away from junk food isn’t always easy, but talking to them about healthy food and planning meals together can really help. Here’s some tips on how to get your family making good decisions about eating well.

Know what they’re up to
Make sure you know what websites you children play on, and if they’re using their mobile phones to enter competitions. You have a right to stop these advertisers getting to your children.

Get them to understand
Help your children think about why junk food companies make internet games and competitions for children. They’re just there to make them spend money on unhealthy food.

Help them make good choices
Talk to your children about having a healthy body and why you don’t
want them to eat too much fat, salt and sugar. Give them choices over what they eat, but make them healthy choices.

Have a plan
Get your family together and set goals for your eating habits. Your children can nag you when you slip and you can praise them when
they do well.

Do it together
Involve your children in cooking and eat together as a family. Even if you don’t have a table, you can sit together and talk about what is in the meal and why it’s good for them.