Nippers Nutrition

Fun food prep... There's only one thing better than frozen vanilla yogurt bites - frozen vanilla yogurt bites shaped liked dinky dinosaurs! Aside from making a tasty alternative to sugar sweetened ice-cream (little'uns can suck on them like lollies!), these cute little creatures are also a fantastic way to make 'healthier' food more fun for minors - we created ours using a chocolate mould, plain yogurt and a dash of vanilla!  www.twitter.com/N_NutritionUK

Food for thought: forcing children to clear their plate can result in more than just food refusal... Although a fear of food waste (and fussy eaters failing to tuck into 'enough' food!) may trigger the temptation to force children to clear their plate, this avoidable and inappropriate action can not only affect their (natural) ability to sense their satiety signals (a preventable problem that can increase their predisposition to piling on the pounds as they learn to continue to eat past the point of fullness from an early age), but it can also leave them feeling uncomfortably full - a form of discomfort that can raise the risk of food refusal as a result of creating a negative eating experience and food associations.  www.twitter.com/N_NutritionUK