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

Children have a natural ability to sense when they are hungry and when they are full.

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.

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

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

There are a number of ways that a person with a disability can successfully avoid unwanted weight loss.

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.