Healthy eating for under 5s
On this page you will find healthy eating
information and tips for mothers and children, from weaning them at
six months old until they are five.
Maternal and child nutrition guidleines
Click on the links below to download the relevant
section of the guidelines.
Includes an overview of the guidelines document and health
data for Bristol.
- Preconception advice for men and women
- Healthy eating in pregnancy
- Nutrition related problems in pregnancy
- Food safety during pregnancy
- Prenatal advice on breastfeeding.
- Breastfeeding
- Formula feeding
- Weaning onto solid foods
- Common feeding challenges such as colic, unsettled infants,
reflux constipation, gastroenteritis, allergies.
- Nutritional requirements of 1 to 5 year olds
- Food safety
- Dental health
- Common feeding challenges such as iron deficiency anaemia,
obesity, fussy eating.
This section includes summary tables on:
- Components found in breast and formula milk
- Food-related customs.
The book is photographic resource that shows typical portion
sizes across each food group to feed children 1–4 years. It
can be used by early year’s practitioners, health professionals and
parents/carers.
Talk to your health visitor or doctor for more support
and advice about feeding your toddler.