Obesity + Prediction = Weightier issues
Last week saw the release of an online calculator which supposedly predicts a baby’s probability of becoming obese during childhood. Using data such as birth weight, number of household members and...
View ArticleThe green light for red meat in a child’s diet?
A new study commissioned by the Meat Advisory Panel (MAP) has suggested that infants and children are at risk from low intakes of meat-based nutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin D. But some are...
View ArticleAre allergies created?
Someone in the office this week sparked off a bit of a debate. It all followed a bit of a, quite frankly, preposterous claim that he will not drink milk because of the production process which...
View ArticleInvestigating obesity
It was only last month that health minister Anna Soubry reaffirmed the popular belief that poorer children are more likely to be obese. “When I walk around, you can almost now tell somebody’s...
View ArticleSIBLING FOOD RIVALRY
I often get asked questions around feeding siblings. As we all know two children raised by the same parents in the same house can have two very different personalities and, as a result, very different...
View ArticleWhere do supplements fit into a balanced diet?
Visit any chemist or supermarket and you will see an array of dietary supplements. The choice of multivitamins, fish oils and specific products for pregnancy, childhood or bone health can be...
View ArticleEggs – a nutritional superfood for pregnancy and weaning
Eggs are an everyday food but surveys suggest that some pregnant women and new mums are wary of including them in the diet due to safety fears. Yet these concerns are misplaced as British eggs are...
View ArticleOnline marketing of junk food: Yeah, it’s bad, but why are kids online in the...
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) is failing to protect our children, if reports this week are to be believed. According to the report launched by the Children’s Food Campaign, children are still...
View ArticleMalnourished children underperform at school, study shows
Photo: Pal Teravagimov A quarter of children worldwide are at risk of underperforming at school because of chronic malnutrition, a study has shown. Despite their education, children will struggle to...
View ArticleFish fingers are made of chicken, children believe
Fish fingers are made of chicken and cheese comes from plants, a large number of surveyed children believe. Conducted by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), more than 27,500 were questioned as part...
View ArticleBabies with eczema more likely to develop food allergies, research suggests
Babies with eczema are more likely to develop food allergies than those without, Scottish research suggests. The study, conducted by Dundee University and King’s College London, found that the...
View ArticlePopular baby foods less nutritious than home-made meals, study reveals
Popular baby foods are far less nutritious than home-made meals, a new study reveals. Products made by Cow & Gate, Heinz and Ella’s Kitchen, among others, have also been found to contain high...
View ArticleQ&A with …Professor Fergus Lowe, CEO of Food Dudes
What is Food Dudes? We are a government-backed social enterprise working in children’s health to increase children’s consumption of fruit and vegetables and to decrease their consumption of sweet and...
View ArticleScientists call for action after formula milk found to have high levels of...
Scientists are calling on the government to take action after new research showed formula milk contains dangerously high levels of aluminium. The caution from Professor Christopher Exley and his...
View ArticleChildren’s medicines found to contain additives which increase hyperactivity
Some of the most popular children’s medicines have been found to contain additives proven to increase hyperactive behaviour, The Independent reports. Products from leading brands – such as Calpol and...
View ArticleParents of overweight children should reduce screen time, Nice guidance says
Children who are overweight should be told to reduce the amount of time they spend in front of a screen by their parents, new official guidance for health workers says. Children over 12 with a...
View ArticleEarlier bedtime reduces childhood weight, research shows
Putting children to bed earlier may keep their weight down, research has shown. The new findings, published in Pediatrics journal, suggest that obesity is not only caused by junk food and lack of...
View ArticleIs a western diet the best for pregnant women?
We are so used to the word ‘western’ (as in first world, not cowboys) signifying all things bright and beautiful that it is often the automatic assumption that we do it better than everywhere else. So,...
View ArticleKeeping abreast of the government’s boob
I think the government’s made a bit of a boob. Shopping vouchers worth up to £200 in response for new mothers breastfeeding? I could talk about the crassness of assuming parents need financial...
View ArticleBreakfast foods account for almost half salt intake in children, report warns
Children are consuming almost half their daily intake of salt by breakfast time, a report has warned. Cereal, bread and dairy products account for 47% of the 6g recommended salt allowance for teenagers...
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