carers to improve their families' diets since the Children's Food Trust
launched its Eat Better, Start Better programme two years ago.

Nurseries, children's centres and childminders in 25 local authorities have taken part in the programme since January 2012.
Through the scheme, funded by the Department for Education, the Children's Food Trust published the first ever nutritional guidelines to support early years settings to provide healthy meals. A scheme was also launched to offer training to nurseries and children's centres on how to run cooking sessions for families.
Since the programme started, early years settings have run more than 1,400 cooking sessions for families, according to the Children's Food Trust.
The cooking sessions are designed to improve families' awareness of the amount of salt, saturated fat and sugar in processed foods and takeaways, and teach parents and carers how to make healthier versions of their favourite recipes. The sessions also cover techniques for peeling and chopping, how to cook on a tight budget, batch cook and understand food labels.
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