| Parents who are responsible for preparing meals | | | | Encourage your kids to help you in the kitchen |
| for their children might hesitate when considering | | | | You could enlist your children's assistance as you |
| starting the HCG diet because they think it will | | | | weigh and measure your portions. They can learn |
| create extra hassle to prepare separate meals. | | | | the importance of portion control, how to use the |
| But parents should seize the opportunity to start | | | | food scale and how to use measuring cups and |
| exposing their children to healthier meal choices | | | | spoons. Get one of the HCG diet plan cookbooks |
| and maybe even to learning how to cook and | | | | that are available and have your kids help you to |
| prepare them. | | | | prepare the recipes. |
| Children pick up the habits of the adults in their | | | | Some kids really enjoy being in the kitchen with |
| lives | | | | you while you cook. It's a great way to spend |
| Childhood obesity rates are skyrocketing in the | | | | quality time with your children while they learn |
| U.S. right along with adult obesity rates. With | | | | from you. |
| children spending the majority of their waking | | | | Teach your children to have a healthy mindset |
| hours in school, in front of a TV screen, or in | | | | Parents should be careful about the way they talk |
| front of a computer screen playing video games. | | | | about certain foods as being "bad." You might try |
| That does not leave much time or opportunity | | | | describing them as not healthy choices. Children |
| for them to run and play outside. Children have | | | | are impressionable and there is no reason for |
| become almost completely sedentary, which can | | | | them to inherit adult hang-ups about food. If you |
| lead to laziness and weight gain. Kids who are | | | | set a healthy example for them by giving them |
| overweight are more likely to grow into obese | | | | lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, |
| adults. | | | | whole grains and encourage them to drink water |
| However, parents have the opportunity to set an | | | | instead of those sugary drinks, then they are |
| example and change the course of their children's | | | | more likely to continue with those healthy habits |
| lives. If a parent is a bit overweight and they | | | | as they grow into adulthood. |
| want to try the HCG diet for weight loss, they | | | | Following the HCG diet is a good way to develop |
| will have to start buying healthier foods for their | | | | healthy eating habits and you can share what you |
| meals. This is a great time to prepare those same | | | | are learning with your kids. Show them that |
| meals for their kids. | | | | healthy eating can be delicious and fun and not at |
| Of course, you would give them a healthy portion | | | | all difficult. |
| for their age. You would also give them a healthy, | | | | Who knows? Maybe you will be training a budding |
| complex carbohydrate option such as brown rice, | | | | chef who will grow up to prepare fabulously |
| whole grain pasta or baked potato without all of | | | | delicious, healthy meals, and never have to |
| the fatty toppings. | | | | struggle with obesity. |