Eating Well for Children

A balanced diet plays an essential role in the growth, development and health of young children.

Here you'll find dietary information for young children from preschool to school-age. There's information on everything from how to ensure children get their nutritional requirements through to practical tips on how to supply healthy lunches for school.

Updated September 2008

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Healthy Lunch Boxes
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Links to information on how to provide healthy lunches for children when they are at school.
Systematic Reviews of Dietary Interventions for Children
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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of special diets for children.

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Title:   Breakfast - a great way to start the day!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The word breakfast is really two words, 'break' and 'fast'. 'Fast' is when you don't eat food, and all during the night you have been sleeping and not eating, unless you went on a midnight raid of the fridge
Date:   Oct 2009

Title:   Childcare and healthy eating
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   All children in childcare need regular healthy meals, snacks and fluids (drinks). Childcare centres should have healthy eating policies and menu plans available. Childcare facilities should also be familiar with hygiene and nutrition standards and food safety laws. Children with a food allergy or allergies need special care.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Children's diet - fruit and vegetables
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Fruit and vegetables can be an enjoyable part of your child's diet. Both these foods contain essential nutrients that are important for a child's growth and development. Parents may worry their child is not eating enough fruit and vegetables. If you eat and enjoy fruit and vegetables every day, your child will usually follow your example.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Child nutrition - juices and sweet drinks
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Water is the best drink for children. Sugary drinks such as juice, cordial and soft drinks may cause health problems for toddlers and children if consumed in large amounts. Problems may include tooth decay, diarrhoea and a poor appetite.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Fast food
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   In the 'olden days' when there were no televisions or video games, people ate all their meals at home or sometimes at another family's home.
Date:   Aug 2009

Title:   Snacks for children - easy read
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Food for child care, kindy, school, home and outings. Children need a range of healthy foods to grow, learn and play.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Eating and drinking
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Common mealtime issues for children with physical disability are described in detail together with the way that Novita speech pathologists handle such issues. Lots of practical ideas are provided regarding the best foods and the best ways of preparing such foods, as well as suggestions for mealtime equipment, oral stimulation and mealtime communication.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Low lactose diet for children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk. It is found in different amounts in all dairy products and any processed foods which contain milk.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   High fibre diet for children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Dietary fibre is the part of food that is not digested by the body. It is found only in plant foods, particularly in skins, seeds and stalks of fruits and vegetables.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Weight - how much should you weigh?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Research shows that most children and teenagers think that they are too thin or too fat, but in fact most of them are about the right weight for their body!!
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Fuel for your body
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Your body is like a wonderful machine. First of all it builds itself in your mothers womb. It works hard on growing bigger and stronger.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Food - food groups
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   If we dont eat food then our bodies don't work. If we don't eat the right food our bodies don't work as well as they can.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Food - eating and sport
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   You need to provide your body with the right sort of fuel if you are exercising regularly and training for your sport. What you need to eat.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   More about vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The word vitamin means vital to life. All plants and animals need vitamins but only green plants can make all the vitamins they need.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Balanced diet
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Does a girl on a tightrope carrying a sandwich have a balanced diet? Well it depends whats on the sandwich!
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Vegetarian - it's more than not eating meat
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are really 6 forms of vegetarian eating. Vegans, lacto-vegetarian eats fruit, vegetables, nuts, grains and dairy foods
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Water soluble vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about vitamin C and the B group vitamins - the water soluble vitamins.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Vitamins and minerals
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We hear so much about vitamins these days but what are they? Vitamins are substances that your body needs so that it can work properly.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Feeding children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   What children learn at home about meal times and eating is important in how they feel about food for the rest of their lives.
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Sunshine - health benefits and health risks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some small amount of sun exposure is needed to keep us healthy. This is because we need vitamin D which is made by the action of sunlight (UVB rays) on the skin.
Date:   Feb 2009
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