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A number of strategies can help encourage healthy and nutritious eating for people with dementia.

Children are able to decide how much food they need for activity and growth, if allowed to eat according to their appetite.

It is dangerous to take kava in combination with alcohol or other psychoactive drugs.

The hormones leptin, insulin, oestrogens, androgens and growth hormone are factors in obesity.

Offer children the same foods as the family, with a variety of textures and flavours for balanced nutrition.

A feature of Prader-Willi syndrome is the child's excessive appetite, which often leads to obesity.

Gastritis, inflammation of the stomach lining, may be caused by many factors including infection, alcohol, particular medications and some allergic and immune conditions.

Encourage children to drink and enjoy water. Sweet drinks such as juice, cordial and soft drinks may cause health problems for children if consumed in large amounts.

It is important for the health of people with cancer to eat well before, during and after cancer treatment.

Drugs affect your body’s central nervous system. They affect how you think, feel and behave.