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Your Child Will Feel Great by Playing, Laughing, & Eating Well Every parent wants to see their child happy, wearing a big smile. One way to help your child feel good from the inside out is to encourage them to move their body every day. Running, jumping, and playing often leads to smiling and laughing. It helps children get rid of stress and feel joy. They will develop a healthy habit, one that will help their body, mind, and spirit. There are other ways to help your child feel their best. Try a few of these tips. Join your child. Your entire family will feel great! they helped with the meal, and Limit screen time feel good about it. You can help your child take small Your child’s body needs many kinds of foods to grow up healthy. steps to be more physically active. They need plenty of fruits and Limit their computer, television, vegetables for your family, please vegetables. and phone time, so they’ll have ask a tribal staff person or health more time to play! Eat more fruits and vegetables If you need help getting fruits and care provider about local food Here are some tips to help your resources. child eat more fruits and vegetables: If your child is going to watch TV Your Child Will Feel Great by Playing, Laughing, and Eating Well or play computer games, break Drink lots of water y Give fruit as a snack. Give it up! Pause the game. Make commercial breaks into “Move Breaks.” Make it Keep it colorful – make a salad with a variety of veggies, like corn, carrots, and spinach. fun! Give your child plenty of water and apples, strawberries, oranges, commercial breaks into “Move Jumping jacks Try mixing vegetables into your child’s favorite Breaks.” Make it fun! Dancing or grapes. low-fat milk (or non-dairy milk.) foods. Order a veggie pizza with toppings like Sit-ups and push-ups green peppers and tomatoes. y Give veggies as a snack. Slice Let your child help you in the kitchen. 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Give apples, strawberries, y Run around the block. You can help your child take small steps to be more oranges, or grapes. habits, ones to last a lifetime. kitchen. Give them a special physically active. Limit their computer, television, Give veggies as a snack. Slice up some carrots, Produced by the IHS y Play basketball. and phone time, so they’ll have more time to play! celery sticks, and cucumbers.nd adding job, like stirring a y Walk the dog. Division of Diabetes ingredients. They will know If your child is going to watch TV or play computer Top cereal, oatmeal, or toast with strawberries, Treatment and Prevention y Join a dance class. games, break it up! Pause the game. Make blueberries, or bananas. www.diabetes.ihs.gov WIC Program (Women, Infants, and Children) provides healthy foods and nutrition information for you and your child up to age 5. For appointments or questions, contact: Deb Shortman 360-709-1689 Debbie Gardipee-Reyes 360-462-3227 gardipee@spipa.org Patty 360-462-3224 SPIPA main number: 360-426-3990 WIC Dates 1st Thursday each month 9:00 AM—3:00 PM Chehalis Wellness Center On October 17, tribal employees gathered at the Chehalis Tribal Wellness (dates and times may change) Center in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. chehalistribe.org greatwolfodge.com luckyeagle.com eagleslandinghotel.net Page 5
