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Understand healthy balanced diets and hydration

Watch ‘Nutrition in the Early Years matters’ produced by British Nutrition. This talk will discuss why healthy eating in the early years is important and provide an over view for a healthy diet for children aged 1-4 years in the U.K.

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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.