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  1. The Children's Nutrition Blog: My child is fat? How helpful of you!



    Australian TV and radio personality Chrissie Swan made headlines a little while back when she posed for some beautiful family photos in The Australian Women's Weekly and was subjected to a barrage of online abuse from internet trolls who thought it was a great idea to round on her for being overweight and having a toddler who was heavier than the ideal.

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    Updated 10-07-2012 at 16:05 by Sarah Officer

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  2. Children's Nutrition Blog: Baby-led weaning- A basic guide



    In the last post I covered a few reasons why it could be a good idea to try baby-led weaning as a way of introducing solids to your baby. Now for some signs it might be the right time to give it a try:




    • Core strength. Your baby is capable of supporting themselves in a sitting position for at least a short period of time.

    • Hand-mouth coordination. Your baby is able to pick up an object that they want, bring the object to their mouth in
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    Updated 02-07-2012 at 23:14 by Sarah Officer

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  3. Children's Nutrition Blog: Baby-led weaning, lower obesity risk?


    In the news a couple of months ago was a report that babies whose parents choose a 'baby-led weaning' feeding style may be at a lower risk of obesity than those who are spoon fed.


    This makes sense. It's early days yet for research backing baby-led weaning (BLW) over any other style of introducing solids. If the link exists, it's likely to work by allowing the baby to develop a better sense of when he or she has eaten enough. This feeling is called satiety.


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    Updated 27-06-2012 at 22:52 by Sarah Officer

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  4. Introducing the Children's Nutrition blog

    My name is Sarah and I will be blogging for Bub Hub on children's nutrition. Since this is the first blog post, I will tell you a bit about myself and a bit about what I do.

    I am a nutritionist and I am completing a PhD with the Children's Nutrition Research Centre (University of Queensland), looking at the relationship between dentition, diet and body composition in preterm and term-born children. I am also the resident nutritionist at ChatBox Speech Pathology in Brisbane, and the ...
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