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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 eating tips
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Better Health Channel
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A healthy diet should include a good variety of nutritious foods. These include breads, pastas, fruits and vegetables. Eating breakfast is also an important part of a healthy diet.
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Oct 2007
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Child nutrition - juices and sweet drinks
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Better Health Channel
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While babies and children may like sweet-tasting fluids, sugary drinks such as fruit juice, soft drink or cordial are unnecessary and may cause health problems if consumed in large amounts.
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May 2007
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Food - food groups
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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.
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Dec 2007
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Childcare and healthy eating
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Better Health Channel
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Many children spend some time in childcare. It's important that they eat nutritious meals and are educated about healthy food. Childcare centres should have policies and menu plans available for you to read and comment on.
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Jul 2007
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Start the day with breakfast
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Healthy Eating Club
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No meal is easier to prepare than breakfast. This document gives ideas for quick, easy, nutritious and delicious breakfasts, and advises that breakfast is very important for children's growth and development.
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Mar 2001
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Breakfast - a great way to start the day!
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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
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Apr 2008
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Children's diet - fruit and vegetables
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Better Health Channel
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Colourful and crunchy fruit and vegetables can be an enjoyable part of your child's life. If parents eat and enjoy fruit and vegetables every day, the children will follow their example.
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Jul 2007
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Vegetarian eating
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Better Health Channel
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Vegetarians are people who don't eat meat. With careful planning, a vegetarian diet can provide all the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for a long and healthy life. A vegetarian diet has many health benefits, but can result in some vitamin and mineral deficiencies if it is not carefully planned.
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Jan 2008
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Healthy eating for kids
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Better Health Channel
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Healthy eating means eating a wide variety of nutritious foods. Healthy foods contain all the energy, minerals, vitamins or fibre you need to grow. You should try and eat lots of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and bread. Small amounts of foods like cakes and lollies are fine to eat too, as long as you don't eat them all the time.
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Oct 2008
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How to get your child to eat vegetables
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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Some tips on ways to get your child to eat more - or any - vegetables and fruit.
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Jul 2007
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Milk free diet
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The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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The purpose of this diet is to remove cow's milk protein from the diet. However, it is important to replace this protein with suitable calcium rich alternatives. Appropriate milk-free foods from each of the five food groups are listed.
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Aug 2000
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Snack attack ideas
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Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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Snacks are an important part of daily food intake, especially for children. Snack ideas to pack for school or to prepare at home for mid-meals are presented.
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Aug 2000
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Healthy eating for a healthy weight
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Sydney Children's Hospital,The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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It is recommended that for healthy eating it is important to eat regular meals, be active, drink lots of water, and eat fruit for snacks.
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Aug 2000
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Eating Well for Young People
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to dietary information for young people, including how to achieve a balanced diet, facts about dietary-related skin and weight problems and recipes.
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Aug 2007
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All about food - general
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What nutrients do we need in our food, and why are they needed? Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? We hear a lot about what we should and should not eat, and whether supplements are necessary.
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Sep 2008
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Fast food
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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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.
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Sep 2006
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Feeding children
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What children learn at home about meal times and eating is important in how they feel about food for the rest of their lives.
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Jul 2008
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