Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-school Services

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Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-school Services
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Table of Contents 2
Summary of Key Recommendations 4
Introduction 5
Section One: Children Less Than 1 Year old
START WITH HEALTHY EATING FOR INFANTS 6
Breastfeeding 6
Supporting the breastfeeding mother 6
Expressed breast milk 7
Formula feeding 7
Feeding infants 8
Timing of feeds 8
Starting foods in addition to breast milk/formula feeds 8
Checklist for infant feeding 10
TABLE 1 : Guidelines for Introducing Complementary Foods 11
Section Two: Children From 1 to 5 Years Old
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OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF FOODS 12
Food Pyramid 12
Suggestions to give variety 13
TABLE 2 : Snacks 16
OFFER SUITABLE SIZED PORTIONS 17
TABLE 3 : Recommended number of daily servings and portion size 17
OFFER HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES AND TOOTH-FRIENDLY DRINKS FREQUENTLY 18
Drinks 18
TABLE 4 : Milk drinks 19
TABLE 5 : Non-milk drinks 20
ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL FOOD NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN 21
Peanut allergy 21
Vegetarian diet 21
Vegan diet 22
Food customs of different cultures 22
TABLE 6: Some food customs 23
Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-school Services
PLAN HEALTHY VARIED MEALS 24
Sample menu 25
Budget 25
TABLE 7 : Sample 5 day menu 26
TABLE 8 : 5 day menu plan 27
Main meal suggestions 28
Checklist for menu planning 29
Section Three: Important Issues
HELP CHILDREN LEARN TO EAT 30
Food refusal and fussy eating 30
FOSTER GOOD DENTAL HEALTH 32
Tips for healthy teeth and gums 32
PREPARE FOOD IN A CLEAN AND SAFE WAY 33
Food purchase 33
Food storage 34
Kitchen hygiene 34
Food preparation 35
Re-heating food 35
Safety 35
Section Four: Healthy Eating Policy
DEVELOP A HEALTHY EATING POLICY 37
TABLE 9: Sample Pre-School Nutrition Policy 38
Food for special occasions 39
Rewards and treats 39
Outside catering companies 39
Learn through food 39
Food related activities 40
Physical activity is important too 41
Conclusion 42
Section Five: Further Information
Community Nutrition & Dietetic Services 43
Pre-school Inspection Teams 44
Consultation Group 47
Other Contacts 48
Acknowledgements 49
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