Hi Steven here, and thanks for viewing my presentation. I launched eHealthy Eating For Children.com to provide a source of valuable information to concerned parents and others about the poor diets and nutritional outcomes for today's children. The last few decades have seen a significant reduction in the quality of available food, as the food supply has been increasingly industrialised and natural foods marginalised. This site seeks to redress the balance and provide a source of information for people who wish to improve their family's diet. Although the site concerns itself predominantly with children, its message of healthy eating and nutritional education is also valuable to adults who wish to improve their diet.

1. HEALTHY EATING FOR
CHILDREN
AUTHORED BY STEVEN BOLTON
By Steven Bolton
(Founder & owner of eHealthyEatingForChildren.com)
24th September 2013

2. Introduction
• This presentation has been prepared by the author and founder of eHealthyEatingForChildren.com, Steven
Bolton, as an introduction to promoting healthy eating for children.
• Steven Bolton authored the book ‘Healthy Eating For Children’ in 2013, in order to bridge the divide
between nutritionists and every day parents searching for information on how to teach and promote
healthy eating to their children.
• The Western world in particular is suffering an epidemic of obesity and poor health outcomes resulting
from poor diet choices. eHealthyEatingForChildren.com was launched to teach top-level nutritional
information in easy to understand language.

3. Healthy Eating For Children Slide
• We've all been bombarded by information, hype, and outright fluff regarding diet. Everybody's an
expert, and everybody has a theory. We are told these days that everything we've ever been taught about
what we and our children eat is wrong. We are told, for example, that the average Western diet of 40
percent carbohydrate, 40 percent fat, and 20 percent protein is at the heart, if you'll excuse the pun, of the
matter. For certain individuals, a diet high in complex carbohydrates is great; for others, it causes
problems. Some people just need (and can tolerate) higher levels of fat and protein. So who's right? Hard
to say. All we know is that the experts all suggest, to one degree or another, that we totally change the
way we eat.
• This is all very difficult because what we eat is so much a function of our culture and sense of self. We are
constantly bombarded by advertisements for the latest fast-food (some folks say "fat food") hamburger
combination. We are told to drink plenty of milk. We are taught that the ultimate dinner out is steak and
lobster. We are tempted by slick television commercials to buy prepared foods often high in salt and low in
fiber.
• On the other hand, there are those who would accuse low- or zero-fat advocates of designing food so dry
and tasteless it could be mistaken for dog nibbles. Why? Because we have become so accustomed to
fat, sugar, and salt as the major taste components of our food. There are thousands of food-related issues
that concern all of us, from taste to calories. However, two consequences of healthy eating stand out:
health and weight (not necessarily in that order). These are interrelated, though perhaps not as directly as
it might seem.

4. Healthy Eating For Children
• It comes as no surprise that there is far too much obesity in Western culture, especially among children.
With the strong association our culture makes between inactivity and luxury, along with some of the food
values we treasure, the only thing that's truly surprising is that more people aren't overweight. Have you
heard how hard it is for American tourists to fit into Japanese bus seats?
• Like adults, children need to eat a variety of foods from different food groups to get all the nutrients
necessary for growth and good health. And don't forget: your children are influenced by your eating habits
and you can help develop healthy eating habits by keeping on hand a wide variety of foods in the forms
your child prefers.
• Here are some tips to help you and your kids have a healthier life:
 Make a list of all of the healthy foods your children would be willing to eat and buy them. You eat the food
you have on hand. You can make an extra large smoothie or batch of soup and store away the leftovers to
eat another day.
 Don’t think of eating healthy as being on a “diet.” Whole, non-processed foods are what nature intended
you to eat. Eating healthy is a decision and a lifestyle.
 Avoid foods that are advertised as “diet” or "fat-free.” They probably contain artificial ingredients. Get
some real food instead.

5. Healthy Eating For Children
 Plan the meals in advance. Avoid getting into a situation where you have no time, energy or ability to give
your children access to healthy foods.
 Don’t allow your kids to eat just because they’re bored, sad, lonely, low-energy, angry, stressed out or
want some kind of taste sensation. Don’t use food as a drug; some people use food to keep themselves
numb because they don’t have the impetus to change. Sugar, wheat, aspartame, caffeine and many other
ingredients in foods are downright addictive.
• Identify the worst foods your children currently eat and decide to eliminate them, one per week, until you
have replaced the vast majority of the unhealthy choices with healthy alternatives. Once you start eating
healthy on a regular basis it will become easier to continue eating healthy. You will start desiring healthy
foods and a good-looking salad may very well literally make your mouth start salivating. They say it takes
21 days to break a habit and 40 days to concretely change that bad habit into a good habit, so if you’ve
been eating healthy stuff for over a month you can continue to eat healthy for the rest of your life if you
choose to. Set intermediate goals such as “no grains for three weeks” or “no sweetened beverages for
three weeks.”
• If you want to get started right now, take a look at the book ‘Healthy Eating For Children’.
(link: http://www.eHealthyEatingForChildren.com).