A healthy start

We have lost our way when it comes to our children’s nutrition. So says Anna Burns, nutritional scientist and author of The Food Nanny, The 10 Food Rules to Prevent a Frighteningly Fat Future for Your Kids.

Burns pulls no punches when talking to parents. “It’s time we faced the truth – our kids are getting fat. This is not good. It is the result of overindulgence. And it’s up to you to do better.”

The Cork-based mother of four believes we stopped teaching our children about nutrition out of fear that they’d develop an eating disorder.