Why is a healthy diet important for my child's heart health?

Why is a healthy diet important for my child's heart health?

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Healthy lifestyle choices are equally important for children. In fact, perhaps more important because they have a longer life over which those healthy lifestyle choices will play out. So, it really is important to educate children about the importance of eating healthy foods, making the right choices, and being physically active enough. The same sort of heart-healthy diet that we eat for ourselves ought to be the one that we model to our children, so that they grow up with those choices being the things that they know, love and associate with the warmth, comfort and love of the home.