Understand international and UK research for promoting physical activity and healthy eating in early years
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Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Measuring Mental Wellbeing in Children and Young People’ from Public Health England
- 'Early Years High Impact Area 4 – Healthy weight, healthy nutrition (to include physical activity)’ from the Department of Health
- 'Healthy Living Guidelines for Early Learning and Child Care Centres on Prince Edward Island’ from the P.E.I. Healthy Eating Alliance
- 'New ABS data shows less than one per cent of Aussie kids eat enough vegetables’ from an Australian news website
- 'About children’s health and nutrition’ from Early Childhood Australia.
- 'Few U.S. adults meet fruit, vegetable intake guidelines’ an article written by Kathryn Doyle for Reuters.
- ‘Planet Munch Healthy Lifestyle Programme - tackling childhood obesity through creative education’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This article, from the Foundation Stage Forum, looks at ‘Growing and supporting children's emotional resilience’.
- These National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines are for ‘Social and emotional well-bring: early years’.
- ‘Research on early years pedagogy’ is a section on The British Association for Early Childhood Education’s website containing links to pedagogical research has been carried out by academics and practitioners.
- The Australian Department of Health has a useful article called ‘For infants, toddlers and preschoolers (birth to 5 years)’. Being active is important for babies and young children to grow healthy, and sets good habits for life. Read about how much activity small children should do each day, limiting sitting time, avoiding screens, and making sure they get enough sleep.
- Click on the link to read the ‘UK Chief Medical Officer’s Physical Activity Guidelines’.
- The University of Reading has produced some study advice on reflective writing.
- ‘Supporting healthy eating and prevention of childhood obesity in the early years’ is an online learning activity to explore the association between early years feeding and obesity from the British Nutrition Foundation.
- Think And Challenge
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