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Kids: 5 tips for a balanced diet


It's back to school. Between the return to work and school, shopping for school supplies and registration for sports or solfege lessons, there is not enough time. Good food resolutions are quickly falling through the water. Here are five ways to create a variety of balanced meals for your children throughout the year. And it is promised: you will not spend hours in the kitchen.

On vacation, we often take the time to do the market several times a week. It is more easily tempted by fresh and seasonal products. It is, therefore, more regularly offered to his children fruits, including tea or dessert.

"In the summer, the basket of candies or cakes is often replaced by a basket of fruit, says the nutritionist Béatrice de Reynal, author of the truths that dé-eat (Vuibert). I, therefore, advise parents to keep this good habit all year round. They can also put bowls in the fridge with pieces of apples or pineapples ready to eat. Children will be tempted if the fruits are at hand. "

Try to book half an hour or an hour each weekend to browse the nearest market. And why not make a family outing?

> We continue to have breakfast

"One of the good habits generally acquired during the holidays is to have a good breakfast," says dietitian Véronique Liégeois. This is a habit that must be kept at the beginning of the school year, even if there is not enough time, because breakfast should theoretically provide 25% of our daily needs. "
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