Teach Your Kids Healthy Eating Habits with Honeybells

Child obesity rates are rising in the US, and many parents are desperately trying to figure out how they can keep their children healthy. The best way to keep your kids healthy throughout their lives is to teach them healthy eating patterns which include lots of fresh fruits like delicious Honeybell tangelos and other citrus fruits. It’s been proven in medical studies that kids will follow the eating habits they learn as children throughout their lives, so teaching them healthy eating habits now is the best way to make sure they stay healthy into adulthood.

Teaching your kids to make healthy food choices starts when they first start to eat solid food. Honeybell tangelos, a delicious hybrid of the grapefruit and a tangerine, are the perfect food to give toddlers who are just learning how to choose their own food. These small, super sweet citrus fruits are perfect for little hands. Honeybells have a very loose rind that is easy to peel, so even kids who are still practicing their motor coordination can peel the fruit by themselves. Since toddlers can be very stubborn and independent giving them a Honeybell and letting them peel and eat the fruit themselves is a great way for parents to reinforce that independence while teaching them about healthy snacks.

Older kids are the most susceptible to advertising and are most likely to choose vending machine food or candy bars as snacks instead of choosing healthy snacks. You can correct your older child’s eating habits by making sure that there are plenty of delicious Honeybells in the house for your children to eat as snacks. Keep a box of Honeybells in the car and pack a few in your child’s backpack so that your child has the option of choosing a healthy great tasting Honeybell as a snack instead of eating candy or chips as a snack.

Sweet Honeybells are a healthy substitute for sweets like candy and with less than one hundred calories are a much better choice of snack for kids. Make sure that your kids see you choosing to eat healthy Honeybells and other citrus fruits for desserts and snacks too. Kids will mimic the patterns that they see in their parents and in the adults around them, so make sure that your own food choices are healthy if you want to teach your kids how to make healthy food choices that will help them become happy and healthy adults.

Taste the Sunshine with Hale Groves

At Hale Groves, we believe the best gifts come from the land, not a factory. For generations, our fruit has been grown slowly under the Florida sun, picked at its peak, and delivered fresh to your door. From sweet Navel Oranges to rare Honeybells, every gift shares the simple joy of real flavor—perfect for holidays, milestones, or everyday moments worth celebrating.

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