Understand international and UK research for promoting physical activity and healthy eating in early years
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How can we do our best to ensure health and fitness is covered and supported in our settings?
Just let it happen naturally – without our intervention children naturally gravitate to what their bodies need.
Set strict activity goals that must be adhered to for all children in the setting and recorded. Inform parents when they are not met so that they can follow up at home.
Educate the whole team and parents as to what is a healthy diet is. Introduce lots of physically active play opportunities and activities to make and eat healthy foods
Do not allow parents to bring any food or drink into the setting, so that the setting has total control over the food eaten in the setting.
Which of the following statements is most likely to be the case?
Adults must enforce healthy eating and physical activity on children to ensure they learn how to make good life choices as they go into adult hood.
Children can be taught the consequence of a poor diet and low levels of activity from a very young age
Adults need to support and encourage healthy eating and activity for the children in their care to give the best start in life and to help them gain good habits
Children cannot be taught the consequence of a poor diet and low levels of activity until they reach at least 15 years of age
Which piece of legislation provides articles about the rights of the child?
Children Act 2004
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
Childcare Act 2006
Equality Act 2010
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