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Q&A about children's nutrition with nutritionist Angela Dowden - ANSWERS BACK

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RachelMumsnet · 18/04/2013 11:15

We're running a Q&A this week with nutritionist Angela Dowden, who will be available to answer your questions on children's nutrition.

Do you worry about whether you're giving your kids the food that's best for them? Are you concerned about whether they're getting the right vitamins and nutrients from their food to keep them going throughout their day? Should your children snack between meals and if so what sort of snacks should you be giving them? Post your questions to Angela before the end of Tuesday 23 April and we'll post up her answers on Monday 29 April

Angela Dowden is a registered nutritionist and specialises in family nutrition. A freelance journalist, she writes for about health and diet for national newspapers, magazines as well as many national online titles. She is currently working with the makers of Ribena Plus, a range of no added sugar juice drinks with added health benefits.

This Q&A is sponsored by Ribena Plus

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RachelMumsnet · 22/04/2013 17:47

Sorry for not getting back to you on this earlier. We have explained in the past the nature of commercial Q&As but appreciate that not everyone will have seen this and so we've now put together a page which we hope will explain why we run these and how they work. See Q&As explained.

We do understand that there's a long-standing Hmm about the validity of nutritionists (v dietitians) but we felt in this instance Angela had the experience to answer the questions on this Q&A. However, we have asked the client to send us more information about her background for us to post on the board and we will do this as soon as we have it.

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RachelMumsnet · 25/04/2013 13:03

We've spoken to the folks at Ribena Plus who have responded with the following:

"You should drink everything in moderation and the makers of Ribena offer a range of drinks for the whole family, including the new Ribena Plus range with no added sugar and added health benefits.

There are two different types of Ribena Plus:

  1. Ribena Plus for Immunity Support, which has added vitamins A, C and E and no added sugar in Blackcurrant, Apple & Peach, new Red Apple or new Summer Fruit (available exclusively in Tesco). Each serving has 15 per cent of the RDA of vitamin A and E and 100 per cent RDA vitamin C

  2. Ribena Plus for Healthy Bones, which has added calcium and no added sugar in Raspberry & Apple. Each serving has 15 per cent of the RDA of calcium and 100 per cent RDA vitamin C

The makers of Ribena have also signed up as a partner to the government?s Public Health Responsibility Deal to demonstrate their commitment to encouraging people to eat and drink fewer calories".

"In terms of Angela Dowden?s qualifications, she is a registered nutritionist (with the Association for Nutrition www.associationfornutrition.org/) with a degree in food science BSc (Hons) who has been published across many news & magazine titles. She was awarded Nutrition & health Writer/Broadcaster of the Year 2012, and is a published author, having written books about nutrition such as Are You Getting Enough?: Vitamins and Minerals for a Long and Healthy Life".

The Q&A is now closed and we've sent up 20 Qs to Angela and will post up her answers on Monday 29th April.

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RachelMumsnet · 09/05/2013 10:09

Apologies for the delay in getting the answers back to your questions. They will be with us tomorrow and we'll post them straight up. Thanks.

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RachelMumsnet · 23/05/2013 11:08

Big apologies for the delay on getting the answers up. We are still waiting and we will chase again today and update you.

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LaraMumsnet · 28/05/2013 13:45

We finally have the answers back from Angela and I will be posting them up shortly.

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