Is a vegan diet safe for infants and children?
Executive summary – A vegan Facebook group has encouraged the reporting of a registered dietician to her licensing body because
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Children’s Health
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Childhood Obesity
Two chefs have been all over the news in the UK for the past week. Jamie Oliver is probably fairly
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Statins for children
I was particularly horrified by headlines last week e.g. “Up to 56,000 children may get statins, say scientists” (Ref 1).
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Should children drink whole or low-fat milk?
This week’s story comes from a mum who works in the same real food world as I do; we’ve met
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New rules on junk food advertising to children
On 1st July 2017, “tough” new rules came into effect banning junk food advertising across all children’s media – including
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South African Dietary Guidelines
On 16th September 2016, it was announced that Nina Teicholz and I would be going to Cape Town to appear
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UK Childhood Obesity ‘Strategy’
On 18th August 2016 a long awaited childhood obesity strategy was published by the UK government. The report can be
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Children ordering takeaways to school
On Thursday 23rd June 2016, some newspapers reported that “one in four children have ordered a takeaway to be delivered
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BMI – from adults to children
Body Mass Index (BMI) has been in the news recently. I’ve picked out two stories from the past fortnight on
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How does a 6 year old become 8 stone?
During the October half term (2015) holidays, a mum appeared on breakfast TV’s “This Morning” show, under the name of
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