Avoid high sugar levels

If sugary food and drinks aren't part of a child's everyday diet they're unlikely to crave them.

Here's a few tips to stop them getting a sweet tooth:

Between meals encourage your child to stick to water and milk. Both these drinks will be kinder to teeth than fizzy drinks, squashes and fruit juice.
Keep sweetened drinks (if they must have them) to treats or mealtimes. Try replacing fizzy drinks and squashes with well-diluted fruit juice.
For an occasional treat try fresh orange or pineapple juice diluted with sparkling water as healthy alternative to fizzy drinks.
Beware of processed breakfast cereals as their sugar content can be high. Go for porridge oats, sugar-free cornflakes or unsweetened wholegrain cereals and sweeten them with a sliced banana, apple, pear, berries or raisins.

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