No matter how old your kids are, you can take steps to improve a healthy diet and to encourage good eating habits.

Tip One: Family Meals

Family meals are nice for both parents and kids. Children like to guess what they are going to have and parents get the chance to introduce new foods to children. Parents can also use the mealtime as a chance to talk with their kids about their life.

Tip Two: Healthy Snacks

Kids, especially younger ones, will eat mostly what can get at home. That’s why it’s important to have enough healthy snacks, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, yogurt and whole-grain biscuits.

Tip Three: Being a Good Example

The best way for you to encourage healthy eating is to eat well yourself. Kids will follow the lead of the adults they see every day. By eating fruits and vegetables and avoiding fast food and sweet drinks, you are sending the right message.

Tip Four: No Shouts about Food

Parents might find themselves shouting at children to get them to have healthy foods in front of them. This in fact can make children dislike what they are asked to eat. You need to work a bit on different cooking methods.

Tip Five: Get Kids Included

Most kids will enjoy making the decision about food. Talk to them about making choices and planning a healthy meal. It can help them to make good decisions on their own about the foods they want to eat.

This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.

1. Wake-up

When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend（弯曲）forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10calories（热量单位：卡路里）.

2. Start with soup

When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.

3. An apple (or more) a day

Apples are full of fiber（纤维）and water, so your stomach will want less food. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.

4. Stand up and walk around

Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average（平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people.

This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight lose.

Isn’t fast food delicious? Aren’t fast food restaurants cool? The answer to these questions is yes.

However, there are growing facts that fast food is one of the worst parts of modern life. And studies have shown that burgers and fried chicken, which we enjoy so much, can cause a lot of health problems.

In spite of（尽管）this , why are fast food restaurants so attractive（吸引人的）? The first and most important reason is that their service is fast. Their staff are friendly and very smart﹣looking in their clean and bright uniforms. Moreover, most fast food restaurants are near places that people always pass by. It is so easy to grab a burger and eat on the way to work.

Fast food is often so conveniently packed that it will not cause a mess even if you stand and eat it. Fast food restaurants are also very clean. A lot of clever ads（广告） have made them the coolest places in town, but none of them has ever told and will never tell you that too much fast food is not good for your health.

Such attractive places are selling junk food! Isn’t it a pity? Is there a way to change the fast food restaurants into special places where you get the best possible, healthy and fresh food?

Well, why not?

As people realize the health problems that fast food causes, it is quite likely that fast food restaurants may go out of date. It may happen sooner or later. Therefore, instead of resisting （抵制） fast food restaurants, a better idea may be to persuade （说服） them to change their menu! Fast food restaurants can be places to go to when you want to eat something that will be good for your body. If they could combine（结合）healthy food with their speed of service, delicious tastes and comfortable feelings, that will be the next best thing on the earth for the human beings!