Healthy Eating Habits

There are lots of things you can do to help your baby learn healthy eating habits right from the start. The pages listed below each begin with a short video followed by key messages in English and 9 other languages. You might like to start by watching the video on the page Healthy eating habits: Key messages.

A family eating together at the table

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Ngaahi tefito‘i fekau´

‘Oku lahi ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku lava ke ke fakahoko ke tokoni ki ho‘o pēpee´ ke ne ako ai ha ngaahi tō‘onga ma‘u me‘atokoni ‘oku fakatupu mo‘ui lelei´ mei´ he kamata‘anga´ pē.

Tokoni atu ki ho‘o pēpee´ ke ne ifo‘ia ‘i he me‘atokoni´

Tokoni atu ki ho‘o pēpee´ ke ne ako felāve‘i mo e me‘atokoni´ ‘aki ha‘o tuku ke ne va‘iva‘inga pē ai.

Tuku ke fili ‘e ho‘o pēpee´ ‘a e lahi ‘o ‘ene me‘atokoni´

Tuku ke tataki koe ‘e he u‘a ‘o ho‘o pēpee´.

Muimui ki ha taimi ma‘u me‘atokoni mo fakaneifua pau

Teuteu‘i ha houa kai ‘e 3 mo ha houa fakaneifua ‘e 1 pe 2 ‘i he ‘aho takitaha, ‘o kamata mei´ he taimi kuo kamata kai ai ‘e pēpē ha ngaahi fa‘ahinga me‘akai kehekehe mo fuo kehekehe.

Mou ma‘u me‘atokoni fakafāmili fakataha ‘i he taimi ‘oku ala lava ai ‘eni´

‘E fiema‘u ke fakahoko ha ki‘i ngāue ke fakatahataha‘i mai ‘a e tokotaha kotoa ki he taimi ma‘u me‘atokoni´. Kā ‘oku mahu‘inga ‘eni pea ‘e lelei ange ai ‘a e ma‘u me‘atokoni ‘a e fāmili´.

Hoko ko ha fa‘ifa‘itaki‘anga lelei

‘Oku ako ‘a ho‘o pēpee´ felāve‘i mo e me‘atokoni´ mei´ he ‘ene siofi koe´.