EP33: Intake, Growth and Industry Recommendations with Crystal Hilsley

Clean Eating for Kids Podcast empowers families to be aware of their nutritional needs and supports the whole family to transition simply and effectively. Together, let's strive for a healthy future. 

In this episode, we discuss misconceptions about children and nutrition and making the right crucial choices beyond old beliefs dictated by the food industry and cultural norms.

Here are the key areas covered in this episode: 

 

Soak in the fact that there's a lot of misinformation that puts pressure on parents to live up to unrealistic expectations of feeding their child. 

 

Know that a child's food intake varies based on activity and energy levels. Both can decrease the desire to eat, and growth spurts can increase it.

 

Pressuring your child to eat more when they aren't hungry has more harmful effects in the long run. 

 

Avoid using sugar-filled foods to entice kids to eat more. Your little ones need a third of their daily calorie intake of fat and not sweets. 

 

Changes in growth can be slow and steady or quick and infrequent. Being higher or lower on the percentile chart during the first two years need not always cause alarm. 

 

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