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Paediatric legume allergy in the UK: a clinical overview
Kate Roberts, RD, unpacks the topic of paediatric legume allergies and explains why awareness and understanding is crucial for effective diagnosis and management in paediatric patients.
Ellie Evans, RD, shares everything you need to know about coeliac disease, including useful suggestions and tips.
Safer sleep information from The Lullaby Trust
The Lullaby Trust sleep safety information reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Follow the link below to refresh your knowledge and save lives.
Easily access important nutritional information in a table format to aid in your work or studies.
Paediatric News
Bringing you the latest in paediatric news
Request for participants for research project on formula in food banks
Swansea University and First Steps Nutrition have sent a call out for those who are working roles around infant feeding and food insecurity to participate in a research survey before the 10th of April.
Winners announced for the 2025 Children’s Food Awards!
Sustain has announced winners for the Children’s Food Awards 2025. Below, we share the winners for each category and briefly why the judges chose them.
Poor alignment of UK commercial baby food products with WHO nutrient and promotion profile model
The findings of the paper show that many products fail to meet the WHO nutrient and promotion profile model with shortcomings in multiple criteria.
The Education Committee says that thousands could be prevented from going hungry if children from poor households were automatically enrolled for free school meals.
RCM welcomes funding for infant feeding and perinatal mental health support
Funding will be spent on Start to Life services for families with babies, from pregnancy to age 2, and made available to council with high levels of deprivation.
New research suggests babies react more favourably to the smell of food their mothers eat in late pregnancy
Researchers suggest exposure during pregnancy could encourage babies to react favourably towards green vegetables.
Exclusive Articles
Paediatric articles from our expert contributors
Kate Roberts, RD, unpacks the topic of paediatric legume allergies and explains why awareness and understanding is crucial for effective diagnosis and management in paediatric patients.
Hazel Duncan, RD, unpacks two home enteral tube feeding case studies, and demonstrates the importance of individual and family needs.
Aliya Porter, RNutr, examines iron requirements, deficiency and crucially the prevention of deficiency in adolescence.
Kate Roberts, RD, explores what restricted diets in children are, the reasons they occur, and how to make changes with mealtime management and strategies.
Hazel Duncan (RD) looks at two common paediatric cases, including management, outcomes and evidence behind the decisions made.
Aliya Porter, RNutr, looks at the support from early years through to older children, as well as which nutrients may need specific consideration.
Resources
Expert approved paediatric resources for dietetic professionals and students.