Advice on child nutrition is "confusing and contradictory" and should be displayed on supermarket shelves to help parents feed their children properly, according to a think-tank.
Online parenting forums should also carry nutrition advice, Demos said, after a survey found that many mothers are "in the dark" about healthy eating for toddlers.
More than half of 1800 mothers surveyed said they were confused by contradictory information provided to them by health professionals and on food packages.
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