Nutrition News

This isn't just food, this is kid-friendly, novelty, smiley-faced food (and I hate it)

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Feb 21, 2012

Got a little fussy eater in the family? Well fear not, apparently Mickey Mouse is coming to your rescue. Yes, arriving in a supermarket near you soon (if they haven't already), are pasta pieces in the shape of your child's "favourite Disney pal", there, says the marketing literature, to "reassure them".

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Child sent to school with a Smartie sandwich

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 30, 2012

Struggling with lunch-box ideas for your kids? Well here's one - how about a SMARTIE SANDWICH?

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Mum discovers sewing needle in turkey dinner for one-year-old daughter

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 26, 2012

An outraged mum has spoken of her horror as she found a SEWING NEEDLE in a Bernard Matthews Turkey Drummer she was cooking for her year-old daughter.

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Teen eats only chicken nuggets for 15 years. Docs say her extreme diet 'will kill' her

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 26, 2012

A teenager has been told her addiction to chicken nuggets is killing her. Stacey Irvine, 17, has eaten almost nothing but nuggets since she was two, and recently collapsed at home, struggling to breathe.

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Practical or patronising? Government's new guidelines for how to feed toddlers, including plate size

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 18, 2012

New advice on what to feed toddlers has been published in an effort to combat child obesity.

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My child has food allergies. Help!

By Mel Fenson, Jan 14, 2012

Five years ago my fourth child was diagnosed with allergies to milk, eggs, mustard, Brazil nuts, dust mites, horses and grass pollen

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Rich! The mum and dad who invented world's first non melting chocolate for their kids

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 4, 2012

A mum and dad who invented a new kind of chocolate to treat their kids are on the way to becoming millionaires.

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"Dad, I didn't know you could run!" Obese dad loses 9st in six months so he can play with his daughter

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 4, 2012

A morbidly-obese dad lost 9st in just six months after he became too fat to play with his ten year-old daughter, Sophie.

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New public health campaign to show families how to eat healthily on a budget

By parentdish.co.uk, Jan 2, 2012

A public health campaign to convince families they can eat more healthily for less money is being launched.

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A third of primary kids are now obese or overweight

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 15, 2011

A third of primary school children are obese or overweight, according to shocking new figures.

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Brussel sprouts off the menu for a third of fussy kids

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 14, 2011

Sprouts are no longer on the menu for a third of fussy kids this Christmas, according to a survey.

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Obese kids as young as five taken into care

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 5, 2011

Obese children as young as five years old have been taken into care by social workers, it has emerged.

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