Kids And Nutrition
Great Tips & Advice on Child Nutrition...

You'll find everything you need to nourish your child brilliantly, from baby's first foods through to teenage nutrition, with expert guidance every step of the way. Our comprehensive advice covers all ages and stages, plus school eating, superfoods, safety tips and fun activities to help build lifelong healthy habits. Kids And Nutrition is here to help.

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Fun Facts: How Many Calories Does a Child Burn?
Children will put on weight if they take in more calories through food and drink than they burn though activity. It’s recommended that children should get...
The Correct Food Portion Sizes for Kids
Whilst health experts keep telling us to eat less and reduce our portion sizes, commercial food companies are bombarding us with king-size, supersize and 25%...
Fresh or Frozen Food: Which is Best?
Both fresh and frozen food, especially fruit and vegetables, are now so easy to get hold of, but which is better – fresh or frozen? The Advantages of Fresh...
Healthy Food Maze
Anita's favourite foods are fruit and vegetables. Can you help her through this maze avoiding all the unhealthy food and collecting all the healthy food on t...
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Children's Diet and the Long-term Effects
The media gives almost daily reports on obesity in children and the associated long term health problems: heart disease, type II diabetes, high blood pressur...
Are Nuts Healthy?
Nuts have long had the reputation of being unhealthy, because they are so high in calories (and can also be high in sugar or salt, depending on how they are...
Feed a Cold and Starve a Fever? Feeding Ill Children
When children are ill, part of the process of getting better includes the food that they eat. If the child doesn’t start to get better after a few days, if...
Fun Facts: How Many Calories...?
The number of calories that a child needs changes as they grow and their activity levels change (see ‘How Many Calories Does Your Child Need?’) While str...
Healthy Food Quiz
Do you really know what children and teenagers should be eating? Think you know your healthy food? Test your knowledge here… 1. Which Is The Highest In Cal...
Coping With a Vegan Teenager
Teenagers become vegan for a variety of reasons – to improve their health, because of a concern for the environment or animal welfare, or even because they...
Why Buy Baby Food? Tips to Make Your Own
Baby food in tins, jars and packets is convenient, but it can work out rather expensive – making your own baby food is a lot cheaper, and with a little pla...
Can a Toddler Be Vegetarian?
It is vitally important to make sure that growing children have a balanced diet for the development of both their brains and their bodies. Some families choo...
Can You Be Vegetarian or Vegan and Breastfeed?
Breastfeeding is the best nutrition for babies, and the World Health Organisation recommends breast milk as the only source of food for babies for the first...
Healthy Eating to Avoid Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease, but in many cases it can be prevented through eating healthily, controlling weight and exercise. It is important to sta...
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