Healthy eating can help prevent your child from lead poisoning. It's harder for lead to get into the blood when your child eats: Regular meals and snacks Foods high in calcium Foods high in iron

Sample Menu (Remember: younger children need smaller servings.)

• Breakfast
  Milk, iron-fortified cereal, orange juice

• Snack
  Whole wheat crackers, peanut butter and apple slices

• Lunch
  Corn tortillas, beans, carrot sticks, milk

• Snack
  Graham crackers, yogurt

• Dinner
  Lean hamburger patty, noodles, broccoli, bread, milk

Serve plenty of these foods:

• Foods High in Calcium for strong bones and teeth: milk, cheese, yogurt, broccoli, tofu, corn tortillas, sardines, dark green leafy vegetables

• Foods High in Iron for strong blood: lean meats, chicken, dried beans, cereal with iron, dark green leafy vegetables, dried fruit

Give your child these foods every day:

• Fruits & Vegetables, 5 or more servings

• Breads, Cereals & Grains, 7 or more servings

• Milk Products, 2 or more servings daily total: 16 oz. (whole milk until age 2)

• Protein Foods, 2 servings or daily total: 3-4 oz.

To help your child have a healthy weight, serve high fat foods less often such as, fried foods, fries, chips, ice cream, candy, snack crackers.

Eating less fat may help protect your child from lead poisoning, too.

The information for this page was obtained from the brochure developed by the Nutrition Subcommittee of the CHILD HEALTH & DISABILITY PREVENTION (CHDP) PROGRAM.

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