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As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to encourage your kids to eat well.

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

I am actually a bit chubby, and I eat everything. I eat in a way - if my parents fed me the way I choose to eat as an adult, they would've lost custody.

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

I always thought eating what you wanted was one of those aspects of adulthood to be looked forward to when you were a child.