Facts & Figures
Below are our 8 articles in the facts & figures' category:
In the 1980s, there were concerns about ‘muesli-belt malnutrition’, with children eating too healthy a diet. Though in this case the concerns were...
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease. Coeliac disease is triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, and it causes...
A balanced diet contains food from all five major food groups – meat, fish and other proteins; cereals, grains and other starchy foods; fruit and...
Eating well in pregnancy (and even before) is very important as it provides the nutrients and energy that the growing baby needs. It’s not just...
Children’s needs for calories change as they grow. Needs for calories can also change according to how active the child is, what size the child is,...
Organic food is more expensive to produce and buy than conventionally farmed food. According to the BBC, organic sales are down by 11% as a result...
Everyone is talking about child obesity, every day there are news reports about the obesity epidemic. A survey in the UK suggested that 25% boys and...
So-called superfoods are foods that are supposed to have particular health-giving properties based on their high levels of vitamins, minerals and...
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