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What Is The Best Physical Activity For Children?
While my job is primarily to talk to children and their families about food, we will often discuss physical activity and the importance of ensuring that each child includes some physical activity in most of their days of the week. "Move and Play Every Day" is the slogan for the Australian Goverment initiative to getRead more
Healthy Lunchbox Snacks
Healthy Lunchbox Snack Ideas Winter holidays are coming to a close and it’s time to start thinking about packing those school lunchboxes again. We thought we’d take the opportunity to give you our top lunchbox snack ideas for some inspiration. 1 Fresh fruit and Vegetables Nothing like some old school fresh fruit and chopped upRead more
Looking after our children’s teeth
Diet and our teeth From the moment your children's teeth start to poke through their gums, it is important to start setting up good practices to keep their teeth and gums healthy. While the baby teeth are a trial run as we have adult teeth to still come through at a later date, ensuring theRead more
Is your child a suitable candidate for a Telehealth Appointment?
Who Do Telehealth Appointments Suit? As a general rule, dietetic appointments are well suited to the Telehealth style of appointment. For many people though, it feels strange to consider attending a medical appointment while sitting in your living room. If the appointment regarding your child's nutritional concern does not require regular measurements (ie height andRead more
Telehealth Appointments – See your dietitian without leaving home
What is Telehealth? Telehealth is the use of videoconferencing (in this case Skype) for an appointment with your dietitian when you are unable to attend in person. This may be due to living rurally or interstate, or simply due to inability to travel to our clinic locations. What happens at a Telehealth Appointment? A TelehealthRead more
When is the right time to introduce solids?
This is a source of much confusion for lots of mums with some sources suggesting that solids can be commenced from 4 months (17 weeks of age), and other authorities suggesting exclusive breast or bottle feeds until 6 months of age. It is thought that a baby will be ready to start solids between 4-6Read more
Probiotics – What’s all the fuss about?
Many people these days are talking about our gut microbiome and the effect it is having on our health. We thought we would take the opportunity to explain a bit about probiotics and prebiotics and where they might help you, and your children with some common illnesses and discomforts. Probiotics Probiotics are "live microorganisms that, when administeredRead more
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