Getting the Food and Activity Balance Right - A guide to achieve and stay at a healthy weight - pack of 20
Written by the BDA Paediatric Specialist Group (2020) these leaflets are sold in packs of 20
It can be difficult to know how much food to give your child to meet their needs for growth while keeping their weight in check.
As children grow up they may be less sensitive to feelings of fullness and tend to eat the amount of food they are offered.
Additionally, children can confuse thirst with hunger and may eat when what they really want is a drink, which makes balancing their diets tricky.
It can be helpful to remember children have smaller stomachs than adults and therefore need less food than you.
Simple changes can be made to help keep portion sizes in check and lower calorie intake without altering the amount of food offered.
