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Be a Healthy Eating Role Model
 sources: Government Food Pyramid
and Healthy Family Meals
Parents are the most important influence in children's lives. Children watch and imitate adults, and look to them to learn proper behavior. Just as children pick up positive habits — saying please and thank you — they can also pick up attitudes about food.
As role models, parents need to monitor their own behavior so that their children acquire healthy attitudes toward eating.
Your food and physical activity choices each day affect your health—how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future.
These tips and ideas are a starting point. You will find a wealth of suggestions here that can help you get started toward a healthy diet. Choose a change that you can make today, and move toward a healthier you. The recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines and in MyPyramid are for the general public over 2 years of age. MyPyramid is not a therapeutic diet for any specific health condition. Individuals with a chronic health condition should consult with a health care provider to determine what dietary pattern is appropriate for them.
Tips to help you:
• Make half your grains whole
• Vary your veggies
• Focus on fruit
• Get your calcium rich foods
• Go lean with protein
• Find your balance between food and physical activity
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