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Eating well can support a child’s healthy growth and development into adulthood 1. In order to secure healthy eating habits, you need to cut down on the below food:

Salty food: bacon, sausages, chips, ready meals, takeaways²

Sugar: The American Heart Association recommends that sugar intake for children is limited to 3 teaspoons (12 grams) a day. 340 ml of soda contains up to 10 teaspoons or 40g of added sugar¹.

Your child should not consume too much sweets, sugary snacks, fruit juice and soda. ²

Saturated fat: avoid foods that are high in saturated fat, such as crisps, biscuits and cakes. Checking the nutrition labels on foods can help you choose foods that are lower in saturated fat. ²

Whole nuts and peanuts: Due to the risk of Choking, you’d better not offer nuts to kids below the age of 5 years. ²

Dangerous additives (the dangerous E---): when checking the ingredients label, keep an eye on the additives and check online, or keep a printed copy of the dangerous additives as some of them are not dangerous, but some others can cause gastro intestinal problems, be allergenic or even cancerogenic. ³ 

Dr. Riad Moubarak

Pediatrician

^References:

^{1 https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-eating/healthy-food-for-kids.htm}

^{2 Foods to avoid giving babies and young children}

^{https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/foods-to-avoid-giving-babies-and-young-children/}

^{3 Liste des additifs par ordre de dangerosité. - Webadditifs (les-additifs-alimentaires.com)}