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Why low GI matters
Most parents know that too much added sugar in their child’s diet is not good for them but are we overlooking another type of food that is just as harmful for our kids?
Top 5 recipe ideas to make with Weet-Bix
Muffins, pecan pie, chocolate balls, homemade granola and cookies - cooking with wholegrains doesn't have to be boring.
Dr. Joanna McMillan
Should kids be kilojoule aware?
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'Lollies on bread': Complaint about school lunch ad upheld
A complaint about a Bakers Delight billboard "advertising lollies on bread for school lunches" has been upheld.
One in six teenage boys drinks at least 5.2kg of a sugar each year
One in six teenage boys is drinking far too much soft drink but here's what else they're doing that's hurting their health.
To live longer, eat 10 servings of fruit and vegies a day
A major UK-based study has found eating 10 helpings of fruit and vegetables a day is better than the minimum recommended five.
Fat chance fruit makes you fat, study says
Fruit has come off the menu for many in the rush to avoid sugar but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater, advise the authors of a new study exploring the relationship between nutrition and obesity.
Taking the diet out of 'diet' books
Diets are ineffective long-term. Thankfully, some experts are taking the diet out of 'diet' books.
The children who take picky eating to the extreme
Children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder avoid specific colours, textures, tastes or smells of foods, or are afraid of choking or vomiting.
Why the 'gluten-free movement' is less of a fad than we thought
Amy Neiwirth is a Columbus-based artist who makes tiny clay models of popular foods: pizzas, cakes, waffles, even retro TV dinners.
I went overboard policing my kids' diets. Here's why I changed my ways.
I was the food police, imagining that if I could control the food he and my kids ate, I could keep us all healthy and safe.
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Why kids are buying cheap, unhealthy snacks
The first comprehensive study of pricing at school canteens in NSW found unhealthy snacks, hot food and drinks are significantly cheaper than healthy options.
Pleasure is good: How French children are taught to eat well
One of the most common New Year’s resolutions people make is to lose weight by dieting. The idea is that restricting the pleasures of tasty foods will lead to greater fitness and a finer physique. But if these rewards are so valuable, why is it so hard for us to stick to our resolution? Maybe the problem is that when we try to lose weight, we also lose the pleasure of eating.
Coca-cola takes out Shame awards for marketing to children
Coca-Cola Australia is one of the worst offenders when it comes to marketing unhealthy food and drink to children, according to the results of the 2016 Parents' Voice Fame and Shame Awards.
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