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In a survey conducted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, parents ranked highest as nutrition role models by kids below 12. However, the majority are unaware that their children look up to them to develop a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some tips to boost a child’s nutrition knowledge:
 

1. Try new healthy foods or recipes regularly. A lot of parents choose to cook what their children love the most because the children refuse to try new food. This will limit the child to explore more food variety. The tip here is to try and modify the new food and present it using different cooking methods. Parents should never give up trying to introduce new healthy food to their children even if they reject it the first time.
    
2. Let the kids serve themselves and learn food preparation. The Nutrition Society of Malaysia encourage parents to cook together with their children. Food experts encourage parents to bring their children grocery-shopping as well. Thus, parents can teach their children how to read nutrition labels and understand better the healthy ingredients from different food groups.

Chef Mahmor Abas from Columbia Asia Hospital – Iskandar Puteri presents a simple dish that can be prepared by kids under parental guidance and supervision.