Welcome to the Your Village podcast, Parenting Beyond Discipline.

Your Village is the most comprehensive site for evidence-based parenting classes available

on demand.

At Your Village online.com.

Our 50 plus classes give parents the foundation, steps, and tools for creating strong, healthy

relationships with their children, resulting in responsible, cooperative, happy, and successful

children and families. My goal is to help parents support their children in finding and

reaching their own unique potential. The podcast is a place to learn about all things parenting

and get your questions answered. I'm your village founder and your host, Erin Royer.

Like I mentioned in the last episode, March is National Nutrition Awareness Month,

so today I'm going to cover some tips on nutrition and

raising healthy eaters. It's a tough world out there these days when it seems like there's junk

everywhere. And every time I turn around, my kids have some candy bag they got at school,

an ice cream social, another pizza party. These opportunities abound to indulge in these unhealthy foods.

So how can we teach our kids to gain an appreciation and taste for these healthier foods?

Let's start out with the sobering facts about childhood obesity. One in three U.S. children are

overweight. In the last 30 years, the number of

overweight children has doubled, and the number of obese adolescents has tripled. There is a strong

likelihood that overweight children will be overweight adults. These numbers represent a huge

impact on our future economy and health care costs. So what can we do?

We need to help our kids make healthier food choices. Now that sounds obvious, right? So I'll

cover several ways to help guide your kids in making these choices and growing in appreciation

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