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Interesting Ways to Include Fruits in Your Child's Diet


It is a must to include fruits in the diet of children but making them eat fruits is quite daunting. Find some interesting ways to include fruits in the diet of your child right here.

Despite knowing that fruits are essential items in their daily diet, very few children willingly eat fruits of different types. Parents find it hard to make their children eat fruits. Fruits are rich in minerals and vitamins which are very much essential for the proper growth of the children. Parents may fail to include fruits in the daily diet of their children but there are ways to make the kids eat fruits of various types. Some interesting ways to include fruits in the diet of kids are discussed below:

Parents Should Change Their Eating Habits

If parents are not into the habit of eating fruits, they cannot expect their kids to get into this habit. It may be a slightly awkward situation for the parents but they should start eating fruits along with their kids at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Parents must also express their ideas about the bright colour, sweet aroma or rich taste of any fruit so that kids feel encouraged to try that out.

Shape Matters

If parents think that they serve sliced fruits to their kids and they will start eating them, they are under false notion. Children give importance to how food is served to them. So, if they find that the fruits served to them have interesting shapes, they may have the urge to try them out. Moms can use cookie cutters to slice down the fruits in different shapes and give them to the kids.

Make Juices

Many children do not like to spend time munching fruit slices. Fruit juices are the absolute solution for such kids. If moms find that their kids are apathetic towards eating whole or sliced fruits they can always blend the fruit in a mixture and serve fruit juice to their children. The advantage of serving fruit juice is that several kinds of fruits can be mixed together to form delicious fruit juice. This will help the children in getting varieties of vitamins and minerals because not all fruits have all types of minerals and vitamins.

Make Smoothies

If fruit juices are acceptable to the kids so would be fruit smoothies. Moms can take different kinds of fruits and mix them with plain yogurt or soy or almond milk and blend in the grinder to make smoothie. Smoothies of different types can be made part of daily breakfast. This will bring in changes in the breakfast menu and children will get required minerals and vitamins on daily basis.

Fruit Chocolate

If children get fruit chocolates, they will happily gobble all of them. Moms can cut down small pieces of fruits like bananas, strawberries, pineapples, oranges, kiwi and berries then dip them into dark chocolate and freeze. Children would like this wonderful treat any time of the day.

Fruit with Frozen Yogurt

Fruits served in an interesting manner will attract kids towards them. Moms can dip in slices of fruits like strawberries, grapes, pineapples or other berries and dip them into yogurt and freeze them. When served children just cannot refuse to eat them. Whole fruit or sliced fruits dipped in plain yogurt garnished with spices can also serve as a great snack item for the children. Make sure that you deseed the fruits to prevent choking hazard.

Fruit Skewers

Children like to eat fruits when they get them in skewers. Moms can cut down fruit slices or take whole fruits like grapes, cherries or berries and put them in skewers making colourful combination. This can serve as a great snack for children.
Children like varieties in their diet. When fruits are served in interesting manner to them, they will surely eat them without creating a fuss. Using the above discussed ways, moms can easily include fruits in the diet of their kids.

How to include fruits in the diet of children? Is it alright to make children drink packaged fruit juices? Why do children hate eating fruits? Discuss here.


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Arushi
Arushi.9 years ago
Presentation is also important cups of different shapes can attract kids to fruit juices and smoothies.
 
 
 
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Krishna
Krishna.9 years ago
Kids will not fruits on their own, so increase the visibility of fruits in front of them. For example keep fruit slices on the table when they are around so that they will automatically eat.
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Manthan
Manthan.9 years ago
Hi Krishna, i liked your idea. It is a good way to encourage kids to eat fruits.
 
 
 
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