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Trying to help your kids lose weight, but aren’t sure how? Try these healthy snacks to break your junk food addict of his or her bad habits.

Start out with fresh fruit of any kind. Shop with your child for a bunch of different fruit and have taste tests at home. Try the exotic stuff alongside the everyday.

Try serving air popped popcorn (without butter, please). Instead spray with a tiny bit of water and then salt it. To satisfy a sweet tooth, toss popcorn with a small amount of reduced-calorie maple syrup–it’ll taste liek caramel corn.

Check out the new pretzel thins and a modest amount of cheese. Try using a strong-flavored cheese so you won’t need much to flavor the pretzels.

Cook up some hard boiled eggs. Let the kids have fun peel and eat the eggs, which will keep them feeling full because they have a lot of protein in them. Serve them with salt and pepper.

Ants on a log. Cut up celery sticks, smear a small amount of peanut butter on them, and dot them with raisins or a scant number of miniature chocolate chips.

Offer plates of veggetables with salad dressing on the side. You can let older kids carve the vegetables into sculptures before eating them.

Try seasoned, cooked shrimp. Just pour some cajun seasoning into a pot with some hot water and boil the shrimp until done; it’s a perfectly delicious high protein snack.

Offer fancy rolls of cold cuts and cheese. Serve this treat with toothpicks, as little rolls of any lean meats with little slices of cheese rolled up inside them.

Fruit smoothies. Blend frozen fruit and low cal juice and serve with a crazy straw. Add yogurt for those who like it creamy.

Introduce your kids to Greek yogurt. With double the protein and no fat, this snack is a winner for everyone, kids and adults alike. You can find plenty of flavors; even chocolate!

If you make an effort to showcase your healthy eating habits, it will help your children make healthy choices also. If you need more ideas, purchase a healthy eating cookbook or two.

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