With one in three children in year 6 being overweight or obese, festive times like Halloween and Christmas certainly aren’t going to be any help towards bringing these levels of childhood obesity down. Halloween is
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With one in three children in year 6 being overweight or obese, festive times like Halloween and Christmas certainly aren’t going to be any help towards bringing these levels of childhood obesity down. Halloween is
There is always controversy in the food and nutrition world. One of the most disputed and complicated area of nutrition is the question of responsibility. Ultimately, what we want to know is: ‘Whose responsibility is
Q1. Should schools have a say which foods the children should bring to the school? Why? Yes. With one in three children in year 6 now overweight or obese we need to start seeing combined
I came across this interesting video looking at how butter is made which inspired me to share it and discuss the age old argument of Butter Vs Margarine. The question of whether butter or margarine
A new study undertaken in the UK has found that babies eating diets higher in real, fresh and homemade food were less likely to develop food allergies than babies who were fed predominantly on processed or packaged
Recently SR Nutrition was asked to appear on BBC Radio Two for a quick chat about Children’s Lunch Boxes! Unfortunately because we’re so busy of late, we couldn’t make it, so thought we would write
Reports on the negative effects of sugar have recently been storming the press, and if you haven’t read any of the coverage it’s time to get up to date now. Professor Lustig has been a
With the “horse meat scandal” recently gripping our attention in the press, we thought it was about time to set the story straight and help our readers to understand the dire situation we currently have
So SR Nutrition’s founder, Charlotte Stirling-Reed, has her first E-book published in partnership with Dribble delights (http://www.dribbledelights.co.uk) which is designed to help parents of children with food allergies and food intolerances through the weaning process and beyond,
Yesterday an article was published by the BBC which stated: “Drinking one or more cans of sugary soft drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of diabetes in later life, a study suggests.”
Like aeroplane food, hospital food has a somewhat awful reputation. The subject is increasingly highlighted by the Media, who like to jump on the bandwagon of painting it as both disgusting and inedible. However the
People often ask me about nutrition before, during and after a work out. I’m not currently a Sports Nutritionist although I do know a fair amount about the subject. However, I recently came across this GEM
Recent press has been focusing on the prospect of the Government putting a tax on fizzy and soft drinks. As always in the field of nutrition this is a topic which will provoke controversy! The
It really is a myth that healthy eating has to cost you a lot of money; actually the opposite is true. Buying healthier products and being more health aware in the supermarket can actually save you money! See our Smart Shopping Tips below to find out how.
Just digging through some old leaflets of mine and I came across this excellent one which demonstrates the amount of sugar in a lot of the UK’s commonly consumed beverages. Data were from 2011 but