Kids’ eating habits highlight need for healthier lunchboxes
New research shows children aged 9-10 years old are receiving almost half of their daily energy requirements from ‘discretionary’ or junk foods.
May 3, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children-aged, daily, energy-requirements, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, research-shows
Many children and adolescents get too much caffeine from energy drinks
When children aged 10-14 consume energy drinks, one in five consumes too much caffeine.
December 29, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 10-14-consume, children-aged, diet, energy-drinks, five-consumes, nutrition / diet, too-much
Preventing Childhood Obesity
Targeting children aged six to 12 with school-based programmes that encourage healthy eating, physical activity and positive attitudes to body image are among a range of interventions that can help reduce levels of obesity, according to a new review of the evidence…
December 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body-image, children-aged, encourage-healthy, evidence, help-reduce, new-review, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, physical-activity
