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It’s your choice

Healthy foods for you & your kids

Session 2: Fruits and Vegetables

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Project Sponsors

• USDA project funded through the Food Stamp Program

• School District of Philadelphia • Nutrition Center, Department of Bioscience &

Biotechnology at Drexel University.

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What are your favorite vegetables

Spinach&

Collards

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Vegetables

• Taste good• Easy to cook• Can keep you & your

kids from getting sick• Reduces birth defects

when pregnant

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Delicious vegetables

• Broccoli with cheese sauce

• Collards with smoked turkey

• Candied sweet potatoes

• Boiled cabbage

• Corn on the cob

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Getting your kids to eat vegetables

• For finger foods – Cook baby carrots until soft

• Add onions & peppers to scrambled eggs

• Add frozen vegetables to soups

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What’s best – fresh or frozen or canned vegetables?

• Fresh vegetables are best if they are in season (summer & fall)

• Frozen vegetables have good nutrition & easy to cook

• Canned vegetables are fine, but they are high in sodium (drain and rinse)

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Have you ever tried:

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Why eat fruit?

• It tastes great!

• Keeps your skin soft and healthy

• Helps fight off sickness and disease

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Fruit is a good snack for your kids

You can feel good about

giving your kids a healthy snack

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Fruit comes in many forms

• Fresh or frozen

• Juice, 100%

• Dried

• Canned

4 oz/day

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You can’t expect your child to eat a variety of foods

if you don’t!

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Question

How many servings of fruits and vegetables do we need

every day?

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Answer

• 5 servings or more2 fruits and 3 vegetables

Breakfast Lunch DinnerOrange juice Sandwich ChickenCereal Chips Mashed potatoesMilk 100% juice Broccoli

Afternoon Snack Evening SnackBanana Carrot sticks with

a dip

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VideoFeeding Your Baby

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Feeding Baby Puzzles

0-12 4-6 6-7 7-8 9-10 10-12 12-15

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Feeding Baby Puzzles

0-12

Breast milkIron fortified formula

4-6

Baby cerealfrom spoon

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1st strainedvegetablesthenfruits

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Minced meatEgg yolkDry toast

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Feeding Baby Puzzles

9-10

Finger foodsToast squaresCheeriosSippy cup

10-12

Feeds selfchopped table foodPlain yogurt

12-15

Whole milkWeaned from bottlesWhole egg