healthy packed lunch workshop insert name a healthy diet? what foods do you associate with a healthy...
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Healthy Packed Lunch Workshop
Insert name
A Healthy Diet?
What foods do you associate with a healthy active lifestyle?
What foods do you associate with your pupils diets?
Many young people depend on 3 foods:
Chips
Cakes
Biscuits
For a significant proportion of their total
energy intake at the expense of more nutritious options
Most children eat too much fat, added sugars and salt.
Salt intakes are up to 50% higher than recommended
Children from the lowest social group eat 50% less fruit and vegetables than those from the highest
Iron intake is below recommended levels and is associated with poor cognitive function
A quarter of teenage girls are having insufficient calcium
8% of 8 – 16 year old children have nothing to eat before school, and this rises to 12% of 15 – 16 year olds.
Introduction
Children need nutrient rich diets for
growth and development
Eating habits and attitudes towards
healthier eating are established in
childhood
Poor diets in childhood can contribute
to: Tooth decay
Obesity and overweight
Certain forms of cancer
Poorer academic achievement
Our children’s diets
9 out of 10 school
lunchboxes are too high in
saturated fat, salt and sugar
(FSA 2004)
That would be 27
lunchboxes in a class of 30
pupils!
What are childreneating for their lunch!
2 bags of crisps
2 bars of chocolate
Sweets
Children eat only 2 portions of fruit and vegetables per day. One in five children don’t eat any fruit in a week. Three in five children eat no leafy green vegetables in a week. Half of all children don’t drink any fruit juice in a week.
Fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice all count towards your 5 A DAY
A portion is a handful or 80g
How much are children eating?
The Balance of Good Health
1. Enjoy your food.
2. Eat a variety of different food.
3. Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight.
4. Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre.
5. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.
6. Don’t eat too many foods that contain a lot of fat.
7. Don’t have sugary foods and drink too often.
8. If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly.
