Getting kids to eat food that’s good for them can be a struggle. The first step is making healthier food available to them.

You can do your part by demanding that your school district provide more nutritious school lunches and offer healthy snacks in vending machines and other locations.

But healthy eating doesn’t stop at school. It’s important to develop better eating habits at home as well, such as:

• Providing fruits and vegetables
  
• Offering low-fat (1%) or non-fat milk
  
• Serving more fish, poultry and lean cuts of meats
  
• Serving smaller portions
  
• Drinking plenty of water
  
• Limiting soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages
  (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)