Diet

My child is a picky eater

August 17, 2020
Balancing meals

Dessert can be a good way to complete an unbalanced meal. If your child didn’t eat his veggies, give him a colourful fruit salad as a dessert. If he refused to eat meat, think about yogurt, milk or tofu mousse for protein. If he didn’t touch his pasta or rice, a homemade muffin will be the perfect derssert ! 

Kids can be unpredictable. They can like a certain food one day and refuse to eat it a few days later. Don’t put too much pressure on your little one and continue to offer him a diversified menu. The foods to which he’s exposed as a child will influence him throughout his life.

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Extenso is the nutrition web reference from the University of Montreal’s NutriUM Centre universitaire de nutrition préventive. Extenso’s mission is to raise public awareness on better nutritional health through an objective interpretation and effective circulation of current scientific knowledge about nutrition.

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