Kids’ Diets and Screen Time: To Set up Good Habits, Make Healthy Choices the Default at Home

Building positive habits early in life can help your children stay healthy as they grow up. Shutterstock

The availability of junk foods and screens is increasingly creating challenges for parents.

But in the home environment, parents shape their children’s diet, activity, screen time and health. This includes managing the foods they eat and the activities available to them, and the expectations around these.