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Salt Awareness Week 2012

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:24:36 +1100

World Salt Awareness Week will be held from the 26th March to the 1st April. This years theme will concentrate on salt reduction and stroke prevention. To find out about the various activities and events check out the AWASH (Australian...

Early introduction of salty foods increases a liking for salt

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:16:07 +1100

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has shown that infants introduced to starchy table foods before age 6 months are more likely to have a taste preference for salt and salty foods than those infants not...

Children with overweight fathers at greater risk of obesity

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:28:05 +1100

A recent Australian study, published in the International Journal of Obesity has found that children with overweight or obese fathers but healthy weight mothers are at greater risk of overweight and obesity than those children with healthy weight fathers and...

Children like more colour and variety in meals than adults

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:07:47 +1100

A US and British study has shown that adults and children have different preferences in the way food should be presented on plates and this can have implications in getting children to try new foods and to eat healthier. While...

Heinz Nurture Toddler Milk Changes

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:32:09 +1100

The new look Heinz Nurture Infant Formula and Toddler Milk packaging (see newswire 21/11/2011) is now appearing in supermarkets and pharmacies. While the formulation of both the Gold and Original infant formulas has not changed, there has been some small...

Changes to age range and colour coding on Heinz Baby Foods

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:09:58 +1100

The Heinz baby food range in cans and jars has been slightly adjusted so that the age range and colour coding now co-incides more closely with baby's development in terms of texture and taste. The red colour coded range of...

2010 Australian National Infant Feeding Survey

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:14:40 +1100

The 2010 National Infant Feeding Survey has found rates of exclusive breast feeding decline sharply after birth, with only 39% of infants being exclusively breast fed to 3 months ( less than 4 months). The survey, released by the Australian...

Birth weight predicts weight status of Australian children

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:45:03 +1100

A study presented at the recent joint Australian and New Zealand Nutrition Society Meeting in New Zealand has shown that birth weight is a significant predictor of the current weight of Australian children and adolescents. The increasing birth weight of...

Preventing Childhood Obesity

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:45:10 +1100

Overweight and obesity is an increasing problem amongst children. A recent Cochrane review has looked at the various interventions in published studies to determine which ones are effective in preventing childhood obesity using change in Body Mass Index (BMI) as...

Release of Draft Australian Dietary Guidelines

hifas@au.hjheinz.com (Heinz (Australia) Infant Feeding Advisory Service) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:47:10 +1100

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) have today released the long awaited update of the Australian Dietary Guidelines incorporating the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. Comments are invited from all interested parties by Wednesday the 29th February, 2012....