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Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity in Singapore Childhood obesity has been a rising problem worldwide over the past few decades including Singapore. Ministry of Health of Singapore (MOH) did a study in 2017 and one of the key findings was 13% of children in mainstream schools are overweight. Not all children who are overweight stay overweight even when
Feeding: Weaning and Your Baby’s First Foods For first time parents, weaning your baby off breast or formula milk to eating other foods might involve plenty of research and reading, especially with the recent trend of baby-led weaning versus the traditional weaning method. But weaning is an important milestone for children to go through. So
Feeding Progression: 0 – 12 months 1. 0 – 12 months: Breastmilk and/or Formula Milk, with introduction to solids as per advice below. 2. 4 – 6 months: Can introduce solids when your child is about 4 – 6 months. Typical first solids include runny smooth puree textures like thin smooth white or brown rice
Feeding: Fussy Eaters and How to Get Them to Eat “Are you worried about your child’s picky eating?” You are not alone – fussy or picky eating is very common in children. Parents often worry excessively about their child’s appetite, specifically the lack of it, as they are concerned that it would lead to malnourishment. However, even
Now that your child is a bit older and has started eating solid foods, you probably have many new concerns regarding food such as what foods to eat, how often to eat and more. Dr Dave Ong from Kids Clinic @ Punggol answers the top 10 commonly- asked have when it comes to nutrition for
Food Allergies in Babies & Children Food allergies are immune system-driven undesired bodily reactions to specific food. Certain food allergies are more likely to be outgrown (such as cow’s milk and eggs), in contrast to certain food allergies (such as nuts or seafood) which are less likely to be outgrown. Today, let’s take about food
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