Health Tip: Encourage Kids to Help in the Kitchen: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: Encourage Kids to Help in the Kitchen: MedlinePlus


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Health Tip: Encourage Kids to Help in the Kitchen

But don't leave them alone

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_134228.html (*this news item will not be available after 05/22/2013)

By Diana Kohnle

Thursday, February 21, 2013

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(HealthDay News) -- Encouraging children to help in the kitchen is a great way to start building healthy habits and teach them about nutrition.
The American Academy of Pediatrics mentions these suggestions:

• Always make sure that while anything is cooking, an adult is closely supervising a child.
• Teach your child to point sharp edges away from himself or herself.
• Teach your child how to properly measure and weigh ingredients.
• Always cook on the stove's rear burners and turn pot handles inward.
• Instruct your child to always use potholders.
• When finished cooking, be sure to turn off stove burners and the oven.

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