Oona Hanson is a writer, educator and parent coach who specializes in helping families navigate diet culture and eating disorders. A common misconception about eating disorders is that they afflict ...

If you’ve ever had a tough time getting your kids to eat something healthy, you’re definitely not alone. Kids can be picky, and finding snacks that are both good for them and actually get eaten is a ...

Parenting doesn’t come with a one-size-fits-all instruction manual. Even seemingly simple, daily tasks, such as providing meals for your child, can be stressful. Research shows that 13–22% of children ...

It’s a tactic many parents know well: “eat two bites of broccoli, and then you can have dessert”. It seems like a practical solution for encouraging kids – especially picky eaters – to eat healthy ...

Nancy Bostock is increasingly worried about the messaging children and parents are receiving around food. A paediatrician at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Bostock has worked in ...

Eating too much junk food early in life may rewire the brain in ways that last into adulthood, even after switching to a ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise in the UK, with a recent study by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) predicting that the number of children with obesity is set to worsen across 90 per cent of ...