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Healthy living begins with the right lunch box

The first few weeks of school can be a challenge for parents, especially if it's the first year they have to pack a lunch box.

LYDENBURG – The first few weeks of school can be a challenge for parents, especially if it’s the first year they have to pack a lunch box.

Marcelle le Grange, a dietician at LiveWell dieticians, says parents must try to encourage children to make decisions about what they eat and explain to them the importance of healthy eating.

“Parents must let their children choose the type of fruit they would like to eat at school. Letting them choose will encourage them to eat and they will choose something they like.

Read more in the next print edition of Steelburger/Lydenburg News.

 

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