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Healthy eating for children
Providing your child with a healthy, balanced diet is important for growth, learning and general wellbeing. With such an abundance of different food choices available, setting your child on the right path to making independent healthy choices has never been so important.
We chat with child nutrition expert Dr. Carrie Ruxton, on healthy eating for children and how you can help them make the right nutritional choices.
Dr. Carrie Ruxton works as an independent dietitian for a huge range of food companies and also for the NHS. Her specialist areas are children's diets, obesity and ‘superfoods' such as fish oils, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
‘Primarily my job is to help organisations communicate great things about food and to help people choose healthier diets' says Dr. Ruxton.
Fruit and vegetables and children's health
As children grow, they need lots of different vitamins and minerals. Of course, fruit and vegetables are one of the most important sources of these. Dr. Ruxton explains, ‘Carrots are high in vitamin A, green vegetables are rich in iron, and fruits are packed with roughage (fibre). If children eat the same types of fruit and vegetables week in and week out, they may not be getting enough variety in their diet. This is why it is better for all of us, but especially children, to eat different fruit and vegetables each season.'
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Getting the kids to eat healthily
As parents we know how important it is to encourage our children to eat more healthily - but getting them to eat a balanced diet with more fruits and vegetables is often easier said than done!
So in this section you will find plenty of hints and tips on getting the kids to eat healthily whether at home, out and about or at school. Learn more about nutrition for kids and where to find help on tackling obesity and other children's eating disorders.
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