does your teenager know how different foods stack up?

Just listening to teenagers talk makes you realize there is a disconnect between knowledge of food and their own health. As parent and nutrition educator I think we all need to be proactive and do something about it!

1. Teenagers make food choices at LEAST 10 times a day … 10 bad food choices a day over 365 days makes a HUGE impact on their health!
2. Their body is a bit like a car – if you want a car to perform at its best you need to put in high quality fuel. Similarly if you want your teen to perform at his or her best they also need  to put in high quality fuel ( food). Does your teen know what ‘high quality food is’?
3. Only they can take 100% responsibility for what goes in their mouth!  Ignorance of good nutrition is no excuse.
4. What they eat affects how they feel. Want them to feel good?  You need to empower them.
5. You can give your teenager a massive advantage – practical food skills interspersed with nutrition tips are valuable skills for life.

Tags: Cooking tips for teens, food, Nutrition messages for teens, teenagers

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