Join Juliette Kellow as she offers her
advice on healthy alternatives for your children’s
lunch
The school lunch crisis was first brought to
the public eye when Jamie Oliver revealed the
shocking state of children's diets in his 2005
television series. A year on and Jamie is back
in the classroom with the problem seeming to be
no better as shocking new research reveals the
high level of sugar in our nations children.
The research, conducted by the National Diet
and Nutrition Survey of Young People, shows that
the average British boy eats the equivalent of
21 teaspoons of sugar a day, while girls consume
an amount equal to 17 teaspoons of sugar. On average
two thirds of all the sugars in our children’s
diets comes from sweets, cakes, fruit juices etc.
There is no question that the nations children’s
diets drastically need to be improved and quickly.
However the question is how? How easy is it to
introduce healthy food into your child’s
diet? A very simple step such as having an apple
a day as an alternative to other sugary foods
provides your child with important nutrients that
can assist with well-being and helping to prevent
illness.
Nutritionist Juliette Kellow joins us online
to offer advice on introducing healthy and enjoyable
alternatives for children that won’t have
them reaching for the biscuit barrel.
Juliette, a dietitian with a wealth of experience
in health, food and diet, has worked on a range
of magazines, including a 5 year spell as editor
of Top Santé magazine. She is also a regular
writer for The Daily Mirror and is constantly
in demand to write for many national newspapers.
