Support Healthy Lifestyle For Children Through The Provision Of Food And Nutrition

This document discusses the importance of supporting a healthy lifestyle for children through the provision of food and nutrition. It covers topics such as healthy eating, national initiatives promoting healthy eating, nutritional value, weaning program, and strategies for healthy eating. It also compares and contrasts the efforts of Malta and England in promoting healthy eating. The document provides valuable information for anyone interested in promoting a healthy lifestyle for children.

Support Healthy Lifestyle For
Children Through The Provision Of
Food And Nutrition

Table of Contents
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Healthy Eating..................................................................................................................3
1.2 National and healthy initiatives which promote healthy eating.......................................3
1.3 Food and drink requirement for current frameworks.......................................................3
2.1 Impact on health and development of food .....................................................................3
3.1 Nutritional value...............................................................................................................3
3.2 Nutritional needs of babies until they are fully weaned...................................................4
3.3 Weaning programme........................................................................................................4
3.4 Nutritional requirements of children aged........................................................................4
3.5 Strategies of healthy eating..............................................................................................4
4.1 Impacts of poor diet on health of child and for development...........................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
Compare and contrast between two countries Malta and England what we are doing as a
country and what England is doing to promote healthy eating as a country..........................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References .......................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
A healthy life style for children through diet, It can promote nutritional diet to make a
appropriate schedule like regular family meals (Meredith Butcher, 2014). It will discuss about
nutritional value and needs, requirements, weaning programme, strategies, impact of poor diet.
As well as contrast between England vs Malta to promote healthy eating.
Task 1
1.1 Healthy Eating
It means a variety of foods that provide the needful nutrients to maintain health, feel
good, have energy. It contain vitamin, carbohydrate, protein etc.
1.2 National and healthy initiatives which promote healthy eating
Their practical guide consider as the government backed voluntary food and drink
guidelines. And promote children to eat well and managing fussy eating special dietary
requirement are cool milk, change for life, pre concept diet.
1.3 Food and drink requirement for current frameworks
It give children meals, snacks and drink, these should be healthy proportionate and
nutritious. Fresh drinking water also acquirable and approachable at all times.
2.1 Impact on health and development of food
Pre-pregnancy- consume healthy diet for good fetal brain development it reduces the
risk of many birth defects.
Pregnancy- good nutrient thought to assist balance mood swings and it might improve
labour and delivery incudes protein.
Breast feeding- A poor diet is more likely to affect the mother than her breastfed baby.
3.1 Nutritional value
Nutritional value refer to contents of food and effect of components on body. It consist
fats, proteins, minerals, additives, enzymes, vitamins, calcium, protein, vegetables, dairy etc.

3.2 Nutritional needs of babies until they are fully weaned
Breastfed until they fully weaned are at last six month. It is essential that kids begin the
process of weaning because unless babies are bottle fed their earthy store of mineralized called
iron. It is very crucial for blood and carry oxygen in the body (Perry, 2017).
3.3 Weaning programme
Weaning is the gradual introduction of solid food to diet of baby reasons are, satisfy
increasing appetite, develop the chewing mechanism and new skills like use of feeding beaker,
cup, cutlery etc.
3.4 Nutritional requirements of children aged
1-2- Need 1000 calories like grains, dairy products etc.
2-3 - Eat three meals like eggs, fruits, vegetables.
3-5- 3 meals and 2-3 solid, fruits, vegetables, dairy, grain.
5-7- Need three meals per day, salt in food like 3gm, calories 1600kcal.
3.5 Strategies of healthy eating
Strategies are serve meals on smaller dishes, keep proportion right, opt for colour, quash
unhealthy snacking, eat like they mean it, eat mindfully, don't skip meal.
4.1 Impacts of poor diet on health of child and for development
Children who eat unhealthy are more likely to develop definite long term health issues
and complications consider as Osteoporosis in further life as well as cardiovascular disease
(Hendricks, 2007).
Moreover, short term consequence of dieting have deficiency of basic, nutrients and
vegetables can reduced vigour and focus and impart to an poor body weight.
Task 2
Compare and contrast between two countries Malta and England what we are doing as a country
and what England is doing to promote healthy eating as a country
The government of Malta is provided a supportive alcohol environment which encourage
a healthy lifestyle as well as provision for a flexible curriculum that is health, diet, nutrition, food
safety etc.

As contrast in England food guide, the eat well, is a visual ceremony of how antithetic
food impart towards a multifaceted and nutritious diet. They encourage five portions of variety
of fruits, vegetables, whole grain. As well as dairy products, unsaturated oil and 6-8 glasses of
fluid a day (Lloyd-Williams, 2011).
Conclusion
The above assignment has been concluded that a healthy lifestyle for children to promote
food and nutrition. The nutritional value and nutritional needs for babies until they are fully
weaned. As well as how to manage weaning programme and nutritional requirement according to
age of children. Moreover,it has been discussed that strategies of healthy eating diet and effects
of poor diet for the development of children. And contrast between England and Malta to
promote healthy eating.

References
Books and Journal
Hendricks, M.K., Goeiman, H. and Dhansay, A., 2007. Food‐based dietary guidelines and
nutrition interventions for children at primary healthcare facilities in South Africa.
Maternal & child nutrition. 3(4). pp.251-258.
Lloyd-Williams, F., and et. al., 2011. Young children's food in Liverpool day-care settings: a
qualitative study of pre-school nutrition policy and practice. Public health nutrition.
14(10). pp.1858-1866.
Perry, R.A., and et. al, A.M., 2017. Facilitators and barriers to the achievement of healthy
lifestyle goals: Qualitative findings from Australian parents enrolled in the peach child
weight management program. Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 49(1).
pp.43-52.
Meredith Butcher, L., and et. al., 2014. Foodbank of Western Australia's healthy food for all.
British Food Journal. 116(9). pp.1490-1505.