Healthy appetites

By Di Hampton, Nursery World, 20 September 2001

When children enjoy their food and eat well, mealtimes can be pleasurable, sociable occasions for everyone. However, for many families with children aged under five, the experience is quite different. Mealtimes can be more like battlegrounds, and parents become distressed and demoralised by the constant challenge to ensure the healthy growth and development of their child.

Children’s health may suffer if their parents fail to receive adequate help with mealtime problems. Di Hampton explains how you can refer them for specialist advice When children enjoy their food and eat well, mealtimes can be pleasurable, sociable occasions for everyone. However, for...

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