How can I encourage my family to make healthier choices all day long?

For younger children:

• Give little ones healthy options and let them choose what they want
• Try making vegetables different ways (raw, steamed, sautéed) until you find one your child likes
• Finely chop vegetables and add them to things like spaghetti sauce, pizza, burgers, or macaroni and cheese
• Make fruit fun: cut it into shapes, dip it in yogurt, sprinkle it with SPLENDA^® No Calorie Sweetener

For teens:

• Take teens grocery shopping and allow them to choose healthy snacks to keep at home
• Stress the short-term benefits of eating healthy foods—more energy, healthy skin, healthier weight with less effort spent “dieting”
• Add fruits into low-fat pancakes, muffins, smoothies, and puddings

Packing A Healthy Lunchbox

Trimming empty calories from lunches is a snap. Try introducing these healthy foods into your child’s lunchtime routine:

• water, a can of vegetable juice, or 1% milk
• whole wheat bread, bagels, pita pockets, or tortilla wraps
• individual servings of fresh fruit, unsweetened applesauce, or canned fruit in a light syrup or its own juice
• low-fat yogurt, calcium-fortified orange juice, or low-fat cheese
• baked chips, pretzels, breadsticks, popcorn, rice crackers, or other low-fat crackers
• low-fat or fat-free turkey breast, bologna, chicken breast, ham, or roast beef
• graham crackers, dried fruit, trail mix, granola bars, fig bars
• hummus, mustard, or bean dip
• a high-fiber breakfast bar