Children at times can be very picky on what they want to eat yet it is important that your child gets some nutritional foods to keep their boost of energy up and healthy. Remember that sometimes keeping a food pyramid in mind could help with meals. Another useful key to remember is what you buy and, eat your the one that needs to watch what your foods contain sometimes substituting leaner ingredients for the high fat items when preparing your child's favorite foods could possibly work for healthier eating. Children also like to be independent as well so at times giving your child a choice of what they would like but, keep in mind that your are the parent that makes sure your child is being well cared for so, when you give your child those choices try to give two different things to choose from that are both healthy and see if by helping choose what they would like would work. Children even sometimes like to be part of things maybe have the child assist with meal planning, encourage the child to help with meal preparation. Also try to serve dinner around the same time everyday so their eating is always on a schedule and, you can offer a variety of foods that you know your child likes yet try to slowly add in healthy choices for your child to make. Always remember to serve your child in kid-size portions, be a flexible parent and model good eating at every meal cause what you eat or, do your child will pick it up from you. At dinner try to always eat dinner as a family and, if your family enjoys desserts and evening snacks, make sure foods are low fat and sugar. Do your best with what is available and, trying new things. The best thing that also fits in with healthy eating is making sure your child gets good physical fitness promote and model regular physical activities with your children. All children even have snacks in between meals so try to remember to not give large amounts of food and, here's some healthy snack ideas fresh fruit, raw vegetables, hard boiled egg, low-fat cheese or, yogurt, plain popcorn, unsweetened cereals, whole grain crackers, fruit juice, yogurt Popsicles, non-fat or low-fat milk, vegetables juice, dried fruit, like raisins, apples, or figs. That's about as much as anyone can do but, try not to worry too much about your child's eating habits for they are still growing and learning. Most usually will grow out of it as they get bigger appetites but, modeling good eating habits helps in the long run.

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