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Even the most diligent parents are likely to learn something about feeding their kids. Paradoxically, as the authors explain, many families following the latest nutritional guidelines may actually be putting their children's health at risk. Why? Because the reduced-fat, high-fiber diets that make sense for most adults...
It's best to get these and other nutrients from food. But they're so important for proper development--even a short bout of mild anemia, for example, can have permanent effects on young brains--that Roberts and Heyman recommend daily supplements (though not megavitamins) for kids at least up...
Considering all the pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo that passes for nutritional advice these days, I can't help being enthusiastic when a really good guide based on solid research shows up in bookstores. And when the subject of that book is young children's nutritional needs--which are very different from...
You're still going to find the emphasis on fruits and vegetables that you'll get in any good book on nutrition. But there's plenty of practical advice on how to make sure that your kids actually eat their peas rather than just shoving them aside. One tip: you...
Feeding Your Child also has the smartest take I've ever seen on the importance of variety in healthy eating. Government guidelines stress the consumption of many different foods. But they never warn that this can work against you. Studies show that if a plate contains two types of cookies...