Discover the key differences between Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) and Lactose Intolerance in children.

One of the most common concerns that comes up for parents weaning their baby onto solid foods is constipation.

Get to grips with what vitamins your baby and child needs, including recommendations for Vitamin D supplementation. Lucy shares her top picks for supplements and how to choose a good vitamin supplement for your child.

Do you have a food allergy, and worry your child could inherit it too? Is there anything that can be done to prevent food allergies in children?

When it comes to getting to grips with feeding your baby or child, there is often lots of information about what to offer but, an equally important consideration is how food is offered and the relationship between a parent or caregiver and child at mealtimes.

No matter what stage of your weaning adventure, it’s normal to have lots of questions. We’ve asked Lucy Upton, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, to answer some of parents’ top weaning questions.

AS obesity rates rise, scientists report that one in four children are now on a diet. But dropping excess pounds doesn’t have to be super tricky – just use some easy swaps.

Food allergies are something many parents find themselves worrying about, particularly during weaning as babies start to be introduced to foods more commonly associated with food allergy reactions.

Approaching weaning with your baby can fill parents with equal measures of excitement and apprehension. With a plethora of information to trawl through and advice pinging at you from all directions, it can be difficult to find clear answers to those burning questions.

When you're pregnant, it's important to keep a balanced diet. After all, a healthy diet means a healthy mother and ultimately, a healthy baby. We've popped together a no-nonsense guide to the best pregnancy vitamins in the UK.

One of parent’s biggest worries about children’s eating is whether they are ‘getting enough’ toddler nutrients. Whilst there is no one step solution to simply checking if this is the case, here are some easy ways to think about your child’s intake.

With a huge amount of information out there for parents to try and digest when starting solids with their little one, it’s no wonder it can all get confusing. Tied into the advice, books and forums out there is tons of supportive information. But there’s also plenty of misinformation and lots of weaning myths too.

The toddler years can feel like a time of transition at mealtimes! All of a sudden, their appetite seems all over the place, foods that were flavour of the month last week are ‘yuck’ this week, half the food is on the floor and you’re pulling your hair out.

As campaign group Action on Sugar warns many 'healthy' baby snacks contain concerning amounts of sugar, experts tell Lisa Salmon why sugar isn't good for young children

More than a third of baby food deemed “healthy” could be set to receive a label for unnecessary sugar levels, according to a new study.

Ensuring children eat a healthy and varied diet is so important but can be difficult to put into practice, especially with fussy eaters.

When children begin to pick pieces out of the meal they have been served or start to showcase a resistance to foods they used to enjoy, it can be difficult to manage and find a way to overcome it. As parents, we inevitably feel frustrated with a sudden change in attitude to different food groups but there are proactive ways to help reintroduce your child to those foods – and not just at mealtimes.

A paediatric dietitian and a sport dietitian say teens taking supplements to ‘bulk up’ is unwarranted and potentially hazardous.

It is World Breastfeeding Week and as a Children’s Dietitian I often get asked how to manage breastfeeding alongside the introduction of complementary foods (often referred to as weaning). Rest assured; it is not as complicated as it might seem.