Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin D deficiency".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Obesity in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric bone health".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Breastfeeding and infant nutrition".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Lipid disorders and atherosclerosis in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in adults".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on use of non-sugar sweeteners (2023)

●WHO: Essential nutrition actions – Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course (2019)

●WHO: Guideline on implementing effective actions for improving adolescent nutrition (2018)

●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition – "Think Nutrition First" (2015)

Canada

●Health Canada: Canada's food guide (modified 2022)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on school nutrition – Support for providing healthy food and beverage choices in schools (2020)

●CPS: Practice point on nutrition for healthy term infants, six to 24 months – An overview (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

●CPS: Practice point on the 'picky eater' – The toddler or preschooler who does not eat (2012, reaffirmed 2020)

●CPS: Practice point on the role of dietary fibre and prebiotics in the paediatric diet (2020)

●CPS: Position statement on dieting in adolescence (2004, reaffirmed 2018)

●CPS: Practice point on nutrition for healthy term infants, birth to six months – An overview (2013, reaffirmed 2018)

●CPS: Position statement on energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents (2017)

●Canadian consensus on female nutrition – Adolescence, reproduction, menopause, and beyond (2016)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Nutrition – Guidelines and recommendations

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical report on the role of the pediatrician in the promotion of healthy, active living (2024)

●AAP: Clinical report on the promotion of healthy weight-control practices in young athletes (2017, reaffirmed 2021)

●American Cancer Society (ACS): Guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention (2020)

●US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, 9th edition (2020)

●USDA and HHS: Scientific report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (2020)

●AAP: Policy statement on public policies to reduce sugary drink consumption in children and adolescents (2019)

●AAP: Policy statement on fruit juice in infants, children, and adolescents – Current recommendations (2017)

●American Heart Association (AHA): A scientific statement on recommended dietary pattern to achieve adherence to the AHA/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines (2016)

●AAP: Policy statement on snacks, sweetened beverages, added sugars, and schools (2015)

●American Society for Nutrition (ASN): Scientific statement on processed foods – Contributions to nutrition (2014)

●ASN: Scientific statement on consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease (2013)

●AAP: Clinical report on organic foods – Health and environmental advantages and disadvantages (2012)

●AHA: A scientific statement on implementing AHA pediatric and adult nutrition guidelines (2009)

●AHA: Consensus statement on dietary recommendations for children and adolescents – A guide for practitioners (2005)

Europe

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A position paper on sugar in infants, children, and adolescents (2017)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Eatwell Guide (2016, updated 2018)

●PHE: Government dietary recommendations for energy and nutrients for males and females aged 1-18 years and 19+ years (2016)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on nutrition – Improving maternal and child nutrition (2015)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Guidelines on the fast and junk foods, sugar sweetened beverages, fruit juices, and energy drinks (2019)

Australia–New Zealand

●National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC): Australian dietary guidelines (2013)

Japan

●[In English] Dietary guidelines for Japan (2005, revised 2010)

●[In Japanese] Dietary guidelines for Japan (2005, revised 2010)