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Children
“When sleep is limited daytime glucose control is impaired and apetite increases.”
-Lea Stening
At every level of your child’s development, nutrition can benefit mental and physical growth and development. This section of our website takes a brief look at some of the key nutrition issues relating to each stage of development and age group. Every month there will be a feature article as well as answers to any questions you may have.
Please select a 'kids' section below.
- Pre-conceptual Nutrition
- Diet During Pregnancy
- Diet and Lactation
- Introduction of Solids
- Pre-school and School Aged Children
- Nutrition for Adolescence
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Testimonials
“Nutritional needs change with age, lifestyle, physical activity and personal circumstances. Professional dietary advice can assist you in managing these changes.”
-Lea Stening
featured article
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Role of a Dietitian While many people may offer general nutrition it is Dietitians who are the most credible source of nutrition and food knowledge when you need to apply it to health and disease in NZ.They prefer to help you to prevent food related illness however if you end up with heart disease, obesity, gout, allergies, diabetes, hypertension etc then they can make a world of difference to your speed of recovery. |
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Walk more, sit less. Take up the challenge! If you want to loose weight and get fitter you have to walk more and sit less right now.It has been estimated that if everyone in the USA were to walk briskly 30mins each day they could reduce chronic illness by up to 40%. Find out more about pedometer fitness plans in this article. |