I would advise don’t force them to eat dry fruits if they don’t feel like eating. Ideal way to eat almonds is soak them in water overnight and ask him/her to eat first thing in the morning with Almonds peeled off. The taste will be better that way. You can also get some food preparations(dishes) that have almonds as part of the food itself. Hope that helps.

Best thing is to provide them with fruits in the snacks. Fruits are the best thing to have first thing in the morning before intake of any other solid foods. Provide some variety like poha, upma, idli etc for breakfast tiffin.

It is related to “high sugar Hunger”. It is ok to eat sweet, but not chocolate or readymade sweets. If possible, replace the chocolate with Jaggery or home made sweets using jaggery. That would be the best thing to give children in the meal sweets.

All these are healthy things. However, as long as kids are ok to eat salad of these things, avoid the juice. Dress the salad with some salt or jeera masala and decorate it before giving.

This is a common question for most of the parents. I am glad you asked it. Here are some of the ideas and tactics that can be used:
-Make it Fun to eat
– Decorate
-Act & focus on your vocabulary – Praise the Food
-Take your kids along with while purchasing the Fruits & vegetables
-Ask them to make a decision – Do you want first or second or both?
-Ask what would you prefer for dinner today? (other than junk food)
-Influence your behaviour – Lead by example (or ask Elder kid to inspire)
-Provide Points for finishing the healthy food – Exchange something they love with the points accumulated.
-Include your kids in the food preparation in the kitchen – And praise while eating – wow, it is so delicious that it is made by <Kid’sName> Take a photo and promote it to friends and Family for praising the activity performed.

Yes it is fine. Only if the milk is not there along with these rolls. Milk and Jaggery are the opposite foods and must not be consumed together.

Height is something that can be generally defined by the DNA. However it is necessary to add the balanced diet necessary for their growth. Must include Fruits, Vegetables and good sources of Proteins.

It is ok to demand more sweet – This is specifically because his body needs more carbohydrates. As he is playing on a daily basis, he would automatically crave for more food. Avoid the ready made sweets and sugar based sweets, instead increase the jaggery and ghee combination instead. Foods with Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats balanced in the diet is must for all meals.

Spinach, Eggplant (Brinjal), Jaggery, Peanuts, beans are the good sources. If he doesn’t like spinach, try other sources please. Also, supplements of iron can be prescribed by his doctor and it is perfectly ok to consume that.

Please always avoid mixing the milk and fruits. If it is milk, then only milk, fruits should be part of another meal/snack time and vice versa. Fruits should be preferred over the fruit juice as fiber is not lost and helps in good digestion.

One cup of milk is fine and more than enough. He might be deficient in calcium. Increase the calcium rich foods across all other meals and his milk craving will reduce automatically.

Go for A2 cow milk, if not then, just any desi cow milk.

Roasted one tastes better. Soaked and peeled almonds are best.

I would recommend giving some fruits or solid food for breakfast. Fruit can be Apple, banana, Chikoo, or any seasonal fruits. Solid breakfasts can be Poha, Upma, Idli or any other breakfast items you or your kids prefer.
It is ok not to have anything early in the morning. You can send an apple, or banana or some whole fruit in the bag that will help them to eat it when they are hungry. In the morning generally we don’t feel hungry due to some hormones produced by the liver. Don’t force them to eat.

Please don’t worry about the contents of the food, ideally, general guidelines would be :
Increase Fruits intake and variety, Increase Vegetables intake and Variety, Increase local and seasonal fruits and vegetables with different colors. All of these above along with your regular normal conventional food preparations at home.

This age is difficult to force them to eat something. Instead, inspire something by doing a few things yourself. Also, give them reasoning based on the facts about the positive effects of those healthy foods. And ultimately leave the decision to them.
-Make it Fun to eat
– Decorate
-Act and focus on your
-vocabulary
– Praise the Food
-Take your kids along with while purchasing the Fruits & vegetables
-Ask them to make a decision – Do you want first or second or both?
-Ask what would you prefer in dinner today? (other than junk food)
-Influence your behaviour – Lead by example (or ask Elder kid to inspire)
-Provide Points for finishing the healthy food – Exchange something they love with the points accumulated.
-Include your kids in the food preparation in the kitchen – And praise while eating – wow, it is so delicious that it is made by <Kid’sName> Take a photo and promote it to friends and Family for praising the activity performed.

I would not recommend it unless his doctor has asked for it for any specific reason. Instead include natural sources of the proteins like milk, lentils, legumes, variety of dals, Chana etc.

Milk – Fruits – Jaggery – Onion- All these are opposite Foods (Viruddha Aahaar) and must be avoided in any preparations.

Here are some protein Rich foods that you can include: Milk, Yogurt, Peanut butter, Tofu, Beans, lentils, legumes, Cheese, Quality vegetables, Nuts and seeds, Quinoa, oats.

Yes I agree. Obesity in children sometimes can be hereditary. However, it is very rare. I completely agree with you that children must not be overfed. Actually, children know when they are full and parents should understand and respect that whenever they say they don’t want to eat any further. Another reason is that children use more part of their lungs than adults and sometimes need little energy from Food.

Include steamed vegetable crush added with some salt would be ideal.

It is just a myth. As long as they are not taken from the Fridge, both of these can be served in the cold. In fact, Vitamin C from the fruits can help to recover from the cold faster. Avoid Bananas. Kindly avoid the curd and buttermilk after evening for kids or adults.

For hairfall there can be multiple reasons. If you want to get aid from diets, here are some of the things you can include: Green Peas, Oats, Walnuts, Nuts, Seeds, Broccoli, etc.

B12 sources(for vegetarians): Milk, Un-filtered water (boiled and cooled down).D3 sources: Eat calcium rich foods plus expose the skin for 10-15 minutes between 10 am to 3 pm during the day. This is ideal for Adults and Kids both.