Do toddlers need cake as well as carrots?
A new survey shows some nurseries are giving children too much in the way of fruit and vegetables, and not enough starchy carbohydrates to meet their energy needs. Have healthy eating messages left us in a state of confusion about what children should be consuming?
In Spain nearly two children out of every ten are obese which is nearly double the number compared to 20 years ago. This places Spain in third place after the US and the United Kingdom in terms of child obesity according to the International Association for Obesity.
Toddlers are fussy little creatures, and picky eating is par for the course. Try these tricks which were published in Mother and Baby Magazine to help get your toddler to polish off everything on his plate
At twelve months your baby can switch from formula or breastmilk (as you wish) to cow’s milk. Cow’s milk does not contain sufficient levels of iron that formula or breastmilk do, so it is advised to wait until your child reaches her first birthday before introducing it.
