Paediatric nutrition
Guide
Healthy eating guidelines for New Zealand babies and toddlers (0-2 years old)
This document provides updated population health recommendations for feeding babies and toddlers, from birth to two years of age, to promote healthy growth and development and help establish healthy eating behaviours.
Journal article
Influence of serum iron test results on the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children: a retrospective observational study
This study finds that reliance on serum iron test results by general practitioners is leading to significant overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of iron deficiency in children.
Report
Food and nutrition security in Timor-Leste: challenges and prospects
Timor-Leste’s high rate of malnutrition impedes the population’s ability to break the cycle of poverty and, at the national level, is a burden on national development. As a Least Developed Country, with a high poverty rate, achieving food and nutrition security is crucial for Timor-Leste’s development.
Report
Travelling with children, and nutrition and mental health
Transport accidents are a cause of death and disability across the developed world. In Australia, transport accidents are a leading cause of child deaths from unintentional injury (ABS, 2006) and a leading cause of hospitalisation (ABS, 2007). Most of those child hospitalisations from vehicle accidents are children who were not properly restrained (Kidsafe SA, 2010)...
Report
Toddlers who won't eat and antihistamines and infants
The 'terrible twos' are never more determined than when it comes to mealtimes. This health, thriving ball of energy is suddenly eating nothing, and parents are perplexed about their source of energy. Meal times become a nightmare and food a battleground. How do we help parents cope with the toddler who won't eat, and reassure...