Teaching kids to eat healthy food doesn’t have to mean battles at the dinner table or sneaky swaps they’ll detect in a second ...

One common mealtime dilemma is whether to insist that a child finish their plate of food. A new poll for the British Nutrition Foundation found 37% of parents always or often make their children ...

Pressuring a child to eat can undermine their ability to learn appropriate appetite control (Alamy/PA) “Children who have to complete everything on their plate at all times can go on to have ...

January 15, 2025 at 0:36pm GMT. As parents, we often find ourselves navigating the delicate balance between encouraging healthy eating habits and respecting our child’s appetite.

More than a third of parents always make their children eat everything on their plate, a poll for the British Nutrition Foundation has found — but should we be insisting children finish ...

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While some food processing is beneficial – such as pasteurising milk to kill bacteria – the ones that cause parents concern ...

A "clean plate" mentality could lead to overeating, according to a February 2019 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Appetite.

IF YOU think that teaching healthy eating to children is difficult, think again. There are ways you can go about eating right and staying healthy. And one of the ways starts right on your plate.

Forcing children to clean their plate or eat foods they strongly dislike can have lasting repercussions, including how well they grow to understand their body’s hunger cues, Shelley Balls, a ...