Eating a lot of sugar-laden and high fat foods will change the flavors that our taste buds expect. So if you give your children a lot of sweet, salty, high fat foods throughout the day then these are the flavors their taste buds will come to expect. This will influence what they crave.

It is important to recognize that every bite of food affects both your own and your children’s taste preferences. Every time you give in and eat unhealthy (high fat and sugary) foods, it makes it harder for you want healthy (low fat and low sugar) foods.