Iwas given advice recently that has transformed how I look at my children’s nutrition , much for the better.

Astrid, eight, Xavi, six and Juno, almost three, have a fairly average diet. Xavi loves raw carrots, cherry tomatoes and mango; Astrid is a broccoli and strawberry-lover ; Juno loves blueberries. I consider it an absolute win that they rarely turn down cucumber sticks, but a lot of the time they’ll hold out for treats. Penguin bars top their biscuit league table, while we get through a multipack of crisps (prawn cocktail) most weeks – and Juno shouted at me yesterday because she’d decided she fancied ice cream for breakfast and was outraged by my flat refusal.

I’d love us to eat fewer UPFs (ultra-processed foods): nutrition seems the most straightforward way to set my childr

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