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Want Your Kids to Eat Better? Dream Dinners Franchise Discusses How

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Page 1: Want Your Kids to Eat Better? Dream Dinners Franchise Discusses How

Want Your Kids to Eat Better? Dream Dinners Franchise Discusses How

Page 2: Want Your Kids to Eat Better? Dream Dinners Franchise Discusses How

Want Your Kids to Eat Better? Dream Dinners Franchise Discusses How It’s getting harder and harder for families to slow down and eat family meals each night let alone having the time to teach kids how to cook healthy, nutritious meals as mothers and fathers are constantly on the go.

As childhood obesity rates in America continue to rise– with one in three children being considered overweight or obese – many parents feel helpless in trying to manage a full work schedule and provide nutritious meals for their kids. But what if we told you that a child’s risk for obesity and many weight-related illnesses could be lowered in a pretty simple way? Dream Dinners franchise explores a possible solution to this question: Bringing your children into the kitchen.

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A recent study found that when children are exposed to cooking through culinary classes or aiding a parent or family member in preparing their meals in their home, this can have a positive influence on children’s food preferences, habits and behaviors. Sharing meal preparation with your child can make them more likely to choose healthier foods not only in your own home, but when they are outside of your home, too. Researchers found that the children who were involved in meal preparation had a higher intake of fruits, vegetables and dietary fiber and had an increased willingness to try new foods.

“It is important to expose children to healthy foods in a positive way,” said Derek Hersch, the lead author of the study. “Creating habits and behaviors at [a young] age is the most important part of it. We found that it is particularly important to expose kids to healthy foods on a number of occasions. This makes them feel comfortable with the new foods, which helps them build healthy habits.”

The same study found that a large factor in why children’s positive nutritional intake is decreasing is due to the substantial decrease in the amount of meals that families consume at home since the 1980s. As American society continues to move at a faster and faster pace, many families have started to dine out more often or bring in take-out. However, these meals tend to have a higher caloric count and fewer nutrients.

How Can a Child’s Risk for Obesity be Lowered?

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To combat childhood obesity, parents should first start to implement regular family dinners into their schedules. Gathering around the dinner table as a family to consume meals can provide many benefits, including a better familial nutrition, familial bonding, stress reduction and a reduction in risky behavior. Although these benefits are best seen when family meals are consumed together at least 5 times per week, starting small can show some benefits as well.

When preparing these meals, parents are encouraged to have their kids help them in the kitchen. Many children tend to be more comfortable in their own home than other places, and this can make them more receptive to trying new foods.

Help Bring Children into the Kitchen

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Dream Dinners franchisees understand that many mothers and fathers can’t seem to find the time to prepare meals, and that’s why Dream Dinners franchise locations exists. Parents who can’t find time nightly or on a regular basis are encouraged to try meal-assembly businesses, like Dream Dinners franchise, to aid in this process.

Dream Dinners provides all of the tools and ingredients that a busy parent needs to assemble up to a month’s worth of dinners in just over an hour- allowing them to take them home once the process is finished to freeze for easy access during the busy month ahead. Simply by bringing your children to help you assemble your meals at a Dream Dinners franchise location can help them achieve the same healthy benefits of assembling a meal in your own kitchen.

Can’t Find the Time? Visit a Dream Dinners Franchise!

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Each Dream Dinners franchisee has the ultimate goal to grow great kids by bringing families together around the dinner table each night to create a healthier future. If you’d like to learn more about how you can bring a Dream Dinners franchise location to your community, visit the Dream Dinners franchise information page today, http://dreamdinnersfranchise.com/!

Help Fight Childhood Obesity by Bringing a Dream Dinners Franchise to Your Community!