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Health & Nutrition - Going hungry

Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

With food insecurity that rose during the pandemic set to continue for many families, Meredith Jones Russell reports on the crisis and asks what help is available

Health & Nutrition - Eat your greens

Features

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Children are naturally averse to eating unfamiliar vegetables, but there are tactics that families and practitioners can use to encourage them. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Health & Nutrition - Field to fork

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

A food ethos which encourages quality, independence and an understanding of the origins of what we eat bagged one setting first prize at the Nursery World Awards earlier this year. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Health & Nutrition - At heart

Features

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery World Award winner George Perkins Day Nursery has spread its health ethos to the whole community, finds Meredith Jones Russell

Health & Nutrition - All packed

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

How are some settings encouraging parents to improve the quality of packed lunches? Meredith Jones Russell reports

New guidance recommends limit of two 100 calorie snacks for children

News

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

The new Change4Life campaign encourages parents to give children healthy snacks such as rice cakes rather than chocolate or sweets.

A Unique Child: Health & Nutrition - On the MEND

Features

Monday, July 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Community intervention programme MEND is helping families to be more positive about healthy eating and exercise. Caroline Vollans sees the programme in action in Westminster

More Scottish families to benefit from 'holiday hunger clubs'

News

Thursday, June 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A programme in which schools provide food and support to families in need during the summer holidays has been expanded, following a pilot of the scheme.

Nursery Management: Nutrition - Fat-fighters

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents of overweight children are often in denial about the problem or claim to be simply too busy to address it – so how should settings approach the issue? Gabriella Jozwiak finds out

Nursery Food: Community - Goodie bags

Features

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

In Glasgow, one nursery school is encouraging families to eat healthily by distributing ‘Easypack Meals’ – bags containing the ingredients for a tasty, nutritious meal for four, reports Karen Faux

Home Learning - A parent’s guide to…healthy eating

Features

Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Getting a child to eat and drink a nutritionally balanced diet can be difficult. Penny Tassoni provides some useful tips

Nursery Food: Working with Parents - Taking it home

Features

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Running cookery classes for parents and carers is one way that nurseries can help promote healthy eating beyond the setting. Charlotte Goddard reports.

A Unique Child: Nutrition - Come dine with us!

Features

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Sharing food with parents helps to forge strong partnerships, says Snapdragons' Mary Llewellin

New food rules for schools

News

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| Nursery World

A revised set of mandatory food standards for all maintained schools and new academies and free schools came into force this week.

Positive Relationships: Mealtimes - Chew it over

Features

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Mealtimes can present a number of challenges for both practitioners and parents. Penny Tassoni looks at the key issues and suggests some ways of addressing them.