Good nutrition in infancy and early childhood lays the foundations for a healthy life. This common-sense guide - now in its fourth edition - provides reliable, practical and unbiased advice on everything from the basics of nutrition to shopping wisely, from dealing with food refusal to allergies and obesity.

Topics include:

• Preventing obesity
• Breastfeeding your baby
• Wind, colic and other common feeding problems
• Fussy eating and how to handle it
• Weaning your baby, including sample menus
• Choosing the right baby formula
• Shopping wisely and reading food labels
• Establishing good eating habits
• Sorting fact from fashionable fallacy
• Food allergy and special diets for children