Here - Health Promotion Agency

Feeding your child
FAMILY F OOD
For adults and children over five,
a healthy, balanced diet usually means
eating food from the five food groups.
The eatwell plate model shown below
indicates the types of foods and the
proportions you need to eat them in for
a well-balanced, healthy diet.
Children under the age of five need a
diet that is higher in fat and lower in
fibre than this, but by five should be
eating a diet similar to that
recommended for adults. The types of
food you need to eat are bread, rice,
potatoes, pasta; fruit and vegetables;
meat, fish, eggs and beans; and milk and
dairy foods.
HEALTHY START
If you receive Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s
Allowance or Child Tax Credit without Working Tax Credit
and have a family income of £14,495 or less (2007/08 figures),
you can get help from Healthy Start. Healthy Start replaces the
Welfare Food Scheme.
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Healthy Start provides cows’ milk, fresh fruit and
vegetables, or infant formula worth £2.80 per week
(£5.60 for children under 1 year old). You can also get
free vitamins.
For further information see the Healthy Start leaflet A
Healthy Start for Pregnant Women and Young Children (267679).
Leaflets are available from your local health centre or the
Token Distribution Unit on 0845 850 1032.
Information on Healthy Start in England is also
available at www.healthystart.nhs.uk
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