Danone Institute : nutritional information, recommended dietary allowance

The Danone Institutes are not-for-profit organizations. Our mission is to develop and disseminate scientific knowledge on diet and nutrition to benefit public health.

ABOUT DANONE INSTITUTES

RESEARCH SUPPORT

SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

GENERAL PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• Background
• Objectives
• Timescale
• Partners
• Links and other
EU projects
• Brochures,
newsletters
• Meetings

The first results of The EU Childhood Obesity Program are available. Download it now in Media Corner!

Parents' Corner

What can parents of overweight children do?

Having the right attitude to helping your overweight child
This advice is supplied by Dr Laurel Edmunds, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
An Approach to Weight Management
This advice is adapted from :An Approach to Weight Management in Children and Adolescents (2-18 years) in Primary Care.
Produced for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and National Obesity Forum
by Penny Gibson, Laurel Edmunds, David W Haslam, Elizabeth Poskitt
For full document please see www.rcpch.ac.uk
Advice on weight management
The following advice is a summary of the issues covered by the British Dietetic Association Paediatric Group's Advice on weight management. For full details of how to order a leaflet, see www.bda.uk.com
Useful links

Danone Institutes are not-for-profit entities which link scientists involved in human nutrition with health and education professionals. They support nutrition research programs and provide diet and nutritional information including: information on eating behaviors, dietary guidelines, nutrition events and nutrition organizations. The Institutes focus particularly on, Nutrition and child development, early childhood nutrition and childhood obesity prevention.