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For Parents & Families Heart-Healthy Eating Healthy Eating Guide for Young Children
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Just because they are young doesn’t mean children can eat whatever they want. Its critical that kids are given a healthy start in life by getting sufficient physical exercise to maintain a healthy body weight and eating a diet that provides the essential nutrients their bodies need for healthy growth and development. Since heart disease develops over the course of a lifetime and begins in childhood its important that children learn to eat a heart healthy diet early in life. A diet of foods high in total fat, saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol is known to contribute to the development of heart disease. To help children to adopt a heart-healthy diet that limits fat and cholesterol, the U.S. government has developed the below Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children as a model of how young kids (aged 2 to 6 years) should be eating.
Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children
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Source: US Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children
