Nutrition - Kids & Teens...
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A Balanced Diet
Eating habits are established early in life and, like all habits, they can be hard to change. Because of this, it is wise to institute a healthy dietary plan in your...
Aeroplane and Hotel Food
Finding things that your kids will eat can be tough enough when you are at home. On holiday, it can be nearly impossible. Aeroplane food often holds little appeal for...
Bottled Water Vs Tap
Whether you drink water straight from the kitchen tap, or prefer to unscrew a luxury, flavoured or vitamin enhanced water, the fact remains that the British Dietetic...
Children With Nut Allergies
There are a variety of different food allergies that can affect children, but one of the most serious is that of nut allergies. If your children suffer from...
Compulsive Eating
Compulsive eating is the phrase used for uncontrollable bouts of eating, especially when the person is troubled by feelings of shame and guilt afterward. After a time,...
Does My Teen Have an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia very often begin in adolescence, but they are also very often a teen’s biggest secret. Many teens will go to great lengths...
E Numbers to Avoid
Health specialists around the world are becoming increasingly convinced that the additives in processed foods are firmly linked to the dramatic rise in children's...
Eating Out With Kids
When your child was an infant you may have longed for the day when you could all get dressed up and go out to eat as a family. While eating out with kids is much less...
Egg Free Diets and Kids
People who choose egg free diets typically do so for one of two reasons; either they are vegans or they have an allergy to eggs. In the second case, they must be...
Encouraging a Healthy Attitude
The world is a wonderful place for teens, full of options and possibilities. Unfortunately, many of these exciting opportunities may not always lead to the most...
Encouraging New Foods
It can be difficult to get your children to eat a well balanced diet. Often, they have a few favourite foods and are a bit stubborn about trying new ones. Learning to...
Food Allergies
Food allergies in children are common, but most kids outgrow them before they become school aged. While this is great news for the future, it may be cold comfort to the...
Gluten Free
Gluten is the major type of protein found in products made from wheat, rye and barley. For a variety of reasons children may be unable to cope with digesting and/or...
Guide to Minerals
A balanced diet includes a variety of foods rich in vitamins and minerals. Newborns get all the nutrients that they need from mother's milk or iron enriched formula. As...
Guide to Vitamins
Any nutritional expert will tell you that the best way for your children to get all of the daily nutrients they need is to eat a balanced diet. Of course, with picky...
Healthy Food on The Run
For many of us, a leisurely, home-cooked meal is a rare treat. All too often, we are rushed and running out the door with a child on one arm and a long list of errands...
Healthy Lunchboxes
After Jamie Oliver's public campaign to increase nutrition in school dinners, healthy lunches have become a hot topic. Gone are the days when fish fingers and turkey...
Healthy Snacks
Snacking can be good for kids. In fact, since young kids can only eat small portions, snacks are an important part of their daily diets. What matters most is the quality...
Hiding Vegetables in Favourite Foods
As a parent, there will be many times that you have to sacrifice something small to keep your eyes on the prize. They may not tell you this in parenting guides, but...
How Much Should Teens Eat?
Ask a parent of a teenage boy and they will tell you that teens eat a lot. One minute the fridge is fully stocked and the next it is barren. If the teen is a girl, the...
Hyperactivity and Diet
Parents of hyperactive children or those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are constantly looking for...
Is Salt Necessary?
In days gone by, the chances are you, or your grandparents, added salt to food. It was taken as granted that you needed to salt the peas or potatoes as you cooked, then...
Kids and Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism has gone completely mainstream. Sometimes, children and teenagers make the decision to eat a vegetarian diet, other times vegetarian parents look to raise...
Lactose Free Diet
Everyone knows that kids need to drink milk to help keep their bones strong and their bodies growing, but what if your child is lactose intolerant? Can a child with...
Making Nutritious Smoothies
Convincing kids to eat enough servings of dairy and fruit can be a challenge, but if you create smoothies, you'll have them drinking them down. Additionally, smoothies...
Managing Diabetes
When a child is diagnosed with diabetes it can feel like a life sentence. Decades of careful eating, insulin injections, blood sugar tests and annual check ups stretch...
Packing Great Picnics
Everyone loves a good picnic. There's something special about eating outdoors, from finding a suitable spot, to putting down your rug or setting up your chairs and...
School Meals
School meals have become a hot topic in the UK. From concerned parents calling for a ban on sweets and fizzy drinks sold on school grounds, to Jamie Oliver crusading...
Sugar vs Food Sweeteners
We often hear a lot of talk about how too much sugar is bad for children and should only be consumed in moderation. An alternative to sugar is food sweeteners but these...
Table Manners
Often in the hustle and bustle of modern life, sitting down to a family meal may not be possible and family members end up grabbing a bite whenever and wherever they...
Teaching Children How to Cook
In an age of takeaways and microwave meals, home cooked food may seem alien to many modern children. Even those that are served straight from the kitchen may have very...
Teens and Dieting
Everyone wants to look good and maintain a healthy weight. Teenagers, especially, are under pressure to look a certain way, which oftentimes, isn't an achievable goal....
Understanding Food Labels
One of the best ways to make healthy dietary choices is to read food labels. Packaged foods and beverages carry labels that offer all of the information that you will...
What is Five a Day?
Whether it is enjoying a cool slice of watermelon on a warm day or serving up a steaming vegetable stew on a cold night, fruits and vegetables should be the building...
