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Theme 1: Health and well-being
Unit 1.1 Support healthy lifestyles for children through
the provision of food and nutrition
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This unit provides the learner with the knowledge, Good nutrition, or healthy eating, is important for
understanding and skills to support healthy children under five to:
lifestyles for children. ● ensure that they get the right amount of energy
Learning outcomes (calories) and nutrients needed when they are
growing rapidly
By the end of this unit you will: ● ensure that they do not consume too much
1 Understand the impact of food and nutrition on energy (calories), which may lead to children
childr becoming overweight or obese
ens health and development.
2 Understand how food choices impact on ● encourage them to eat a wide variety of foods
health and development during pre-pregnancy, and develop good dietary habits to take with
pregnancy and breastfeeding. them into later childhood and adulthood.
3 Understand the nutritional needs of children. What does a healthy diet for very
4 Understand the impact of poor diet on childrens young children look like?
health and development. ● Plenty of choice and balance
5 Understand individuals dietary requirements and ● Lots of fruit and vegetables
preferences. ● Lots of starchy foods, bread, rice, potatoes, pasta
6 Be able to support healthy eating in your own ● Contains calcium and iron-rich foods – milk and
setting. dairy, and other sources of protein, such as meat,
fish, eggs, beans
● Regular healthy meals and snacks
The principles of healthy eating ● Low in salt and in added sugar.
A healthy diet consists of a wide variety of foods Activity
to help the body to grow and to provide energy. It
must include enough of these nutrients (proteins, Check that you know which nutrients are needed for
fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fibre) as a healthy diet, and explain what is meant by healthy
well as water to fuel and maintain the bodys vital eating.
functions. In a group, discuss what you think is meant by
healthy eating. What are the main features of a
Key term healthy diet?
nutrients Nutrients are the essential components of
food which provide the individual with the necessary
requirements for bodily functions.
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AC 1.2 Evaluate national and local The Schools Fruit and Vegetable
initiatives which promote healthy Scheme (SFV)
eating It is recommended that children – like adults – eat
The Eat Better, Start Better programme at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every
This programme is run by The Childrens Food day. Children aged between four and six who
Trust and aims to help early years providers meet attend a fully state-funded infant, primary or special
childrens nutritional needs more consistently, and school are entitled to receive a free piece of fruit or
to help families with young children to develop vegetable each school day.
the cooking skills and confidence they need to
cook and eat more healthily. Their practical guide Feeding Young Imaginations
includes the government-backed Voluntary Food The Pre-School Learning Alliances campaign,
and Drink Guidelines for Early Years Settings Feeding Young Imaginations, supports parents and
in England, as well as advice on encouraging early years groups by providing information to
children to eat well, including managing fussy promote a balanced diet for under-fives.
eating and special dietary requirements.
1 medium apple 2 broccoli florets 2 halves of canned 1 handful of grapes
peaches
1 medium banana 3 heaped tablespoons orange juice 7 strawberries
of peas
medium glass of1 3 heaped 16 okra
3 whole dried Just Eat More
apricots (fruit & veg) tablespoonsof cooked
kidne
y beans
Figure 1.1.1 ‘Just eat more’ portion poster for the NHS 5 A DAY programme
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Theme 1: Health and well-being
The Children’s Food Campaign ● babies aged under 12 months may instead receive
Sustain (the alliance for better food and farming) dried baby milk made up to 189ml (one-third of a
launched the Childrens Food Campaign to improve pint).
young peoples health and wellbeing through: Day care providers who have been approved to
● good food and real food education in every supply milk under the scheme can be reimbursed
school for the cost of the milk they supply.
● protecting children from junk food marketing Eat Smart, Play Smart
● clear food labelling that everyone, including
children, can understand. Eat Smart, Play Smart is a Food Standards Agency
teaching resource developed for primary school
Cool Milk teachers throughout the UK to use with children
Cool Milk works in partnership with local aged five to seven years. Eat Smart, Play Smart
authorities and early years groups to supply free materials have been developed to:
and subsidised school milk to children in pre- ● help children to understand the need for healthy
schools, nurseries and primary schools. Cool Milk diets and to choose appropriately from different
aims to make the provision of milk easier for food groups for their meals
schools, nurseries, local authorities and parents, ● encourage children to be more active in their
while promoting the important health benefits and home and school lives and to understand the
learning opportunities that school milk offers. benefits of being active in fun, energetic and
Change4life easy-to-follow ways.
The School Food Trust supports the NHS Change4life Activity
programme by ensuring that as many children as Find out about and evaluate local initiatives to
possible are eating healthy school food. All school promote healthy eating in your area. See, for
lunches must now meet nutrient-based standards to example, the information for Change4life in the
ensure that they provide children with the fuel they Useful Resources section on p 27.
need to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. Change4life also
provides guidance and resources on the following:
● healthier breakfast clubs AC 1.3 Describe food and drink
● healthier tuck shops requirements in relation to current
● water provision frameworks
● healthier vending machines
● healthier lunchboxes The statutory framework for the Early Years
● dining room environment Foundation Stage (EYFS) states the following:
● healthier cookery clubs.
● Where early years settings give children meals,
The Nursery Milk Scheme snacks and drinks, these must be healthy
The Nursery Milk Scheme enables: balanced and nutritious.
● Before a child is admitted to the setting, the
● children under five to receive free of charge provider must also obtain information about any
189 ml (one-third of a pint) of milk for every day special dietary requirements, preferences and
they attend approved day care facilities for two food allergies that the child has, and any special
hours or more. health requirements.
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Fresh drinking water must be available and LO2 Understand how food
accessible at all times.
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Providers must record and act on information from choices impact on health
parents and carers about a childs dietary needs. and development during pre-
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There must be an area which is adequately pregnancy, pregnancy and
equipped to provide healthy meals, snacks and breastfeeding
drinks for children as necessary.
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There must be suitable facilities for the hygienic AC 2.1 Explain the impact on
preparation of food for children, if necessary
including suitable sterilisation equipment for health and development of food
babies food. choices during pre-pregnancy,
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Pr oviders must be confident that those responsible pregnancy and breastfeeding
for preparing and handling food are competent
to do so. In group provision, all staff involved in Pre-conceptual diet
preparing and handling food must receive training Following a healthy balanced diet before a woman
in food hygiene. becomes pregnant will allow her to build up
Food requirements vary according to age, gender, reserves of the nutrients vital to the unborn baby in
size, occupation or lifestyle, and climate. Different the first three months. Guidelines for a healthy
foods contain different amounts of energy per unit pre-conceptual diet include:
of weight; foods that contain a lot of fat and sugar ● Eat something from the four main food
have high energy values. groups every day (potato and cereals, fruit and
Food energy is traditionally measured in calories vegetables, milk and milk products and high
(kcal) or kilojoules (kJ). protein foods).
● Cut down on sugary foods and eat fresh foods
1 kcal = 4.2 kJ where possible.
● Avoid pre-packed foods and any foods which
1000 kJ = 1 MJ (mega joule) = 239 kcal carry the risk of salmonella or listeria – such as
An excess of calories will result in weight gain, as the soft or blue-veined cheeses, pate, liver and raw
surplus energy is stored as fat; an insufficient intake meat.
● Do not go on a slimming diet: follow your
of calories will result in weight loss, as the body has appetite and do not eat more than you need.
to draw on fat reserves to meet energy requirements. ● Vegetarian diets which include milk, fish, cheese
Babies and young children have relatively high and eggs provide the vital protein the baby
energy requirements in relation to their size. needs.
The food and drink requirements for young ● Vegans should eat soya products and nuts and
children are discussed in LO.3 on pp 13–16. pulses to supply protein, and vitamin B12 may
need to be taken as a supplement.
Activity ● Folic acid tablets and a diet rich in folic acid
taken both pre-conceptually and in pregnancy
Read through the statutory framework requirements help the development of the brain and spinal
for food and eating. Does your setting comply with all cord, and also help to prevent defects such
the requirements? For example, is fresh drinking water as spina bifida. Sources of folic acid include
available and accessible at all times? broccoli, nuts and whole grain cereals.
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