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Understand healthy balanced diets and hydration

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'Eatwell Guide: How to eat a healthy balanced diet’ from NHS Inform

Click to read about the nutritional value of the main food groups. Remember, children between the ages of 2 and 5 should gradually move towards eating the same foods in the same proportions recommended by the guide. Children under 2 have different nutritional needs.

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This section of the Infant and Toddler Forum offers resources on ‘Healthy eating for toddlers’.
Click to read section 3 ‘The food and drink guidelines’ from the ‘Eat better, start better: Voluntary food and drink guidelines for Early Years settings in England’ from Action for Children.
‘5532 a-day: Perfect portions for toddler tums’ produced by the British Nutrition Foundation provides information about toddler dietary requirements.
Teach Early Years has a useful article on ‘How to help your under-fives stay hydrated’.
This article from the Australian Healthy Kids Association is about ‘Children and hydration’
‘A healthy balanced diet’ from the British Nutrition Foundation.