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Encouraging healthy habits during and after cancer treatment

Encourage healthy habits in your teen during cancer treatment and after with these expert tips.

Managing stress after a transplant

Medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) ketogenic diet therapy for epilepsy

Learn about the benefits and limitations of the medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) ketogenic diet therapy for childhood epilepsy, how the diet is started, and how to use it at home.

Hemophilia and drugs

Teens living with hemophilia can learn why taking drugs create problems rather than solve them.

Healthy bodies during puberty

Eating healthy foods, being physically active and sleeping well are important parts of a healthy lifestyle. Read about tips for keeping healthy as you navigate puberty.

Eating healthy

Gaining too much weight during brain tumour treatment

In-depth information concerning the issues that may arise for your child if he gains too much weight as a side effect of his brain tumour treatment.

What is general anesthesia?

This article will provide information to help prepare your child for their surgery, test or treatment under general anesthesia.

Screen time: Overview

Find out how much screen time your child should have each day and how screen time affects your child’s health and wellbeing.

Excess weight gain after brain tumour treatment

An overview of the factors that can affect weight gain in children with brain tumours, and tips for maintaining a healthy weight.

Mindful eating with celiac disease

​Learn about everyday mindfulness, and how being aware of what is going on around and inside of you can help make life more enjoyable and less stressful.

GI (gastrointestinal) tract

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Finding a weight that is right for you

Eating healthy foods and being physically active are important factors in maintaining a healthy weight. Read about tips for keeping a healthy body weight.

Maintaining a healthy body weight

Food safety and vitamin D supplementation after a bone marrow transplant (BMT)

Learn about vitamin D supplementation and reducing your child's risk of foodborne illness following a bone marrow transplant (BMT).

High-phosphorus diet

Nutrition: How a balanced diet can help you when a child is in hospital

Caring for an ill child is stressful. Learn some helpful tips about healthy eating on the go.

Eating well for health

A large part of staying healthy is making sure you eat well. Learn about the importance of eating well for health and the foundations of a nutritious diet.

Liver, gallbladder and pancreas

Learn how the liver, gall bladder and pancreas help the body digest food.

Safe outdoor meals

Find tips for safe and tasty outdoor meals during the summer months to prepare for your next barbecue or picnic.

Low-sodium diet

Constipation and soiling (encopresis) in children

Find out about what causes constipation and soiling and how you can help your child with diet, toilet routines and medications.

Prednisone: What to eat while you are taking prednisone

Information about what to eat to reduce the chances of side effects while taking prednisone.

Introducing solids

​Find out when to start feeding a baby solid food, how to tell when they are ready to start eating solids, and tips for introducing solids. 

Involving kids in meal time tasks

Find out how engaging your child in meal time tasks can help them develop good eating habits.