Kids and Nutrition: Maintaining a Healthy and Nutritious Diet in Children

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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Dealing with Picky Eaters

Most young children go through periods of faddy eating when they refuse to eat certain foods. Usually it passes but if a child’s fussy eating habits go on...

Encouraging Toddlers to Eat Vegetables

Toddlers are notoriously fussy eaters and vegetables usually come top of the list of things they won't eat. But 'vegetables' covers a huge range of foods and...

From Breast to Bottle

Mothers who breastfeed their babies may want to move on to bottle feeding at some point – for example when returning to work. Switching over doesn’t nece...

A Healthy Diet Cut Out Activity

Lots of different types of food go towards making up a healthy balanced diet. If you could choose whatever food you'd like to have on your dinner plate, what...

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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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