The Food Doctor for Babies & Children Nutritious Food for Healthy Development

by Edgson, Vicki

• ISBN13: 9781843400004
• ISBN10: 1843400006
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Collins & Brown

Summary

The best-selling "Food Doctor" (a leading clinical nutritionist) invites parents to become experts on kids' health and nutrition. With her menu-planning wisdom, you'll turn the kitchen table into a fun place for your children, and also promote high energy, brain growth, strong bodies, weight control, and immunity from disease. Delicious recipes, including vegetarian dishes that will actually get a hearty thumbs-up from kids, focus on youngsters' nutritional needs from birth to adolescence. Concerned parents will find abundant practical tips for handling eating problems; advice on food allergies and intolerances; solutions for behavioral problems linked to food, such as hyperactivity; and ideas for helping overweight or underweight youngsters. You'll even find out what to do when your child refuses a particular healthy food (or won't eat at all). And in addition to the tempting, varied recipes for main meals, the Food Doctor reveals some sweet and "sneaky" ways to get vitamins and minerals into snacks and desserts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
Good Food for Kids	p. 8
Good nutrition	p. 10
From breast to bottle	p. 12
Essential building blocks	p. 16
The Food Pyramid	p. 20
Healthy growth	p. 24
Top 40 foods	p. 26
Food choices: good versus bad	p. 34
Organic versus inorganic: the debate	p. 36
Sugar and spice and other things that aren't nice	p. 38
Reading labels	p. 42
The storage cupboard	p. 46
Eating habits and special diets	p. 48
When your child won't eat	p. 50
Overweight or underweight	p. 52
Changing needs	p. 54
Food for comfort	p. 58
Food for reward	p. 60
The vegetarian child	p. 62
Allergies and intolerances	p. 64
Recognizing hyperactivity	p. 70
Nutrition for Growing Bodies and Minds	p. 72
Birth to 6 months	p. 74
7 to 18 months	p. 86
18 months to 3 years	p. 96
4 to 7 years	p. 106
8 years to puberty	p. 118
Tempting Recipes for Babies and Children	p. 128
First foods	p. 130
First cereals and breakfast must-haves	p. 134
Essential main meals	p. 137
Puddings and treats	p. 144
Easy alternatives	p. 148
Vitamin and mineral requirements	p. 152
Resources	p. 156
Index	p. 158
Acknowledgements	p. 160
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