Childrens Eating & Meals

Meal times can provide an opportunity to come together, chat and facilitate a healthy association with food.
They aren’t all ensuring a child receives their nutritional requirements.
They are a chance for adults and others to model good food habits and eating.
Meal times have the capacity to impact a child’s development, health and well-being.

23 September, 2019

Fear of new foods

Fear of new foods technical name is Neophobia. It is particularly common in toddlers and young children and for them it is a a real fear. The term Neophobia […]
6 September, 2019

Learning about ‘sometimes foods’

Children begin to develop attitudes towards food at a very young age. Encouraging children to be receptive to things like listening to their tummies if they are hungry, learning […]
6 August, 2019

Toddler serving size

Knowing just how much a child should be eating can be a challenge. A common question, particularly for the toddler age, is how much should my child eat? Toddlers […]
6 July, 2019

How food affects a child’s mood & behaviour

What a child eats is important not only for their nutritional requirements but it also affects their mood, their behaviour and their day. There is clear, established a link […]
6 April, 2019

Fussy eaters

A child’s appetite is influenced by their growth cycle. If they seem not to be eating enough but if they are still happy, growing and generally appear healthy then […]
6 April, 2019

Growth spurts

A baby’s first year of life sees tremendous growth and development. After the first year a child’s eating habits change a little as they head into the toddler years. […]
6 February, 2019

When they ditch the veggies

Being ‘picky’ about the food a child eats is a common phase they will go through. It actually is a normal part of development. As a child asserts their […]
6 January, 2019

Promoting good eating habits

Eating with your child is a good way to develop good and promote positive eating habits. Establishing good eating habits promotes modelling the way you would like your child […]
6 January, 2019

Lunch boxes

Does the thought of preparing a school lunch every day five days a week every school term fill you with dread? You are not alone. Often there is the […]
6 November, 2018

When a child will only eat one food

it can be a problem if your child’s diet on the whole is unhealthy or limited....and can be lead to issues
6 June, 2018

Child snacks

Little stomachs are more suited to smaller more frequent meals which makes snacks an important nutritional balance. A child’s stomach can only hold food that is about the same […]
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