Child Nutrition

Something that seems a great shame in today’s world is the fact that many of us seem to have fallen out of love with food. For many, food is merely a fuel to fill us

My friend, recently: “How much sugar is the maximum I can have a day?” Me: “Around 7 teaspoons or 30 grams of free sugars”. Friend: “Oh good, I can eat around 50 bags of these

For some very strange reason, food shopping in 2016 seems to have become quite a challenge. Especially for parents, who are trying to do the best thing for their children, but are often left worrying

Giving up Baby’s Bottle is no easy task for many parents. For children who have been bottle fed, the bottle is often a comfort and something they are really familiar with using, especially when they are

Getting children involved food is ALWAYS a good idea. Whether it’s to reduce their fussy eating behaviours, help them learn more about foods or even just to give you a helping hand in the kitchen. There

In the next few months we are likely to have a report on the Government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy released. Hoorah! However, there was recent uproar as a second report by Public Health England, looking at

So breaking news yesterday saw that Public Health England (PHE) have released their long awaited report on Sugar. It’s titled “Sugar Reduction: the evidence for action” and includes eight areas of action that PHE feel

I always get asked questions about what to put in children’s packed lunches to take to school. Too often see the difficulties parents face with sending children off to school with what they feel is

Feeding your toddler can be very complicated, especially when the supermarkets are overflowing with foods and food products advertised towards young children. However often a large number of kids foods marketed towards young children (including

Someone is clearly listening to my rants about the importance of maternal and infant nutrition (OK, maybe not MY rants)… For a long while we have known the extreme importance that early nutrition plays on

No one is going to deprive me of chocolate on Easter Day – after all that’s what Easter is all about….. 😉 However, we now live in a world where chocolate and sweets aren’t just

Due to recent controversy around recipe books and recommendations on “dieting for babies“, I thought I’d put together a few of my thoughts on specific diets and why many of them are not suitable for young children.

Last week I spent the week in Dudley, Birmingham delivering training to health care professionals on the topic of childhood obesity. This was part of my work with Nutrinsight, on a programme called “Why Wait

If you didn’t catch me, I was live on Channel 5 News last week talking about Childhood Obesity. I was asked to go on the programme to talk about some research that recently was released

For many mums introducing solid foods to their babies can be a difficult and confusing time. This isn’t helped by the fact that advice on when to introduce solid foods, what foods to include and