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Healthy snacks for kids: 10 child-friendly tips
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1. Keep junk food out of the house
2. Power up with protein
3. Go for the grain
4. Broaden the menu
5. Revisit breakfast
6. Sweeten it up
7. Have fun
8. Promote independence
9. Don't be fooled by labeling gimmicks
10. Designate a snacking zone
7. Have fun
Use a cookie cutter to make shapes out of low-fat cheese slices, whole-grain bread or whole-grain tortillas. Skewer fruit kebabs or show your child how to eat diced fruit with chopsticks. Make a tower out of whole-grain crackers, spell words with pretzel sticks, or make funny faces on a plate using fruit.
