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Giving your child regular meals, and a healthy, well-balanced diet helps their development, mental wellbeing and physical health.

This fact sheet will tell you about simple changes to your diet that can help reduce the health risks that having high blood pressure can cause.

Evidence is growing that eating wholegrains regularly as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle helps to keep us healthy. This fact sheet shares ways to increase wholegrain consumption, examples of wholegrains and what benefits they provide.

How much calcium do different groups of people need and what foods and drinks are rich in calcium?

We know that achieving a healthier weight can be a challenge and maintaining a healthier weight can be difficult too. This fact sheet will support you to get started and keep going.

There are many health benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables. Getting your ‘5-a-day’ is a good idea for everyone. Fruits and vegetables are such great additions to your diet. This Food Fact Sheet will give you tasty examples of how to get your 5-a-day.

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in supporting the training and competition demands of athletes – recreational or elite – in any sport. Good food choices help make sure you have enough energy, which in turn helps training and aids recovery.

Following a coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, symptoms can last for more than 12 weeks. This is called Long Covid. Symptoms vary a lot. They affect people differently and affect many different body systems. This fact sheet explains how diet can help with recovery.

This Food Fact Sheet will help you understand how sugar may affect your health and well-being.

Good diabetes control will help you lead a full and active life and prevent other health complications.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or Encephalopathy) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), is a complex, chronic medical condition affecting multiple body systems.

This Food Fact Sheet will look at stanols' and sterols' role in reducing the bad type of cholesterol in our blood - which can lead to heart disease and stroke.

Having to avoid certain foods in your diet can be difficult. But there are a few simple things you can do to help you manage your food allergies - allowing you to stay safe, continue to participate in fun activities and enjoy your food.

Malnutrition is a condition which happens when you do not get the correct amount of nutrients from your diet. The simple steps outlined in this Food Fact Sheet should help to identify and treat malnutrition.

This fact sheet explains what cholesterol is and how eating better can help to lower your cholesterol if it is too high.

Introducing new foods at the right time will help your baby develop and grow into a healthy child.

Your body needs iron for muscle development during growth and to transport oxygen in healthy blood. Iron requirements vary, so careful choices are particularly important for some people.

There are many different 'tests' available to diagnose food allergy or food intolerance. It can be difficult to know which are reliable or based on science. This fact sheet will examine the tests available and whether they are based on evidence.

Detox is a popular word in the health, beauty and wellness world. It is sometimes referred to as a ‘body-cleanse’. The theory is that from time to time you need to clear toxic waste from your body to stay healthy or boost wellness.

Packed lunches can be easy, healthy and exciting. These tips can help you make a tasty and nutritious lunch and help you choose options from the main food groups.