Healthy eating for vibrant and healthy kids

Learn how to meet your family’s basic nutritional needs for both growth and energy
How to use meal timing to ensure energy is available and sustainable when it is most needed

How to match food quantities to children’s needs as they grow
Includes shopping guidelines for proper food group selection, label reading and menu planning
Includes a ‘starter kit’ of easy and quick-to-prepare recipes

Children need food for energy and for growth. Also, importantly they need certain types and amounts of foods at the right times to build sustainable energy and maximize development.

Cutting through the confusing and often conflicting advice, this book helps parents to understand the nutritional components needed to build structure into a child’s diet, as well as the family’s. It shows how to buy and prepare the right types of foods and includes some easy to prepare recipes that show examples of good nutrition.

Whether your children are young, older or teens, Healthy Kids, Happy Lives shows you how to keep your family’s nutritional needs on track, even as they change over time, and ensure their best mental and physical well-being.

Written by a registered dietitian, it offers practical help to busy parents, backed by research and building on the author’s years of experience.

About the Author

Lea Stening is a registered dietitian with more than 40 years’ experience specializing in paediatrics and sports nutrition. As a Food Revolution Ambassador, she is passionate about helping children improve their physical and mental well-being and performance through better nutrition.

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