Feed My Family Community Nutrition

1. Feed My FamilyCommunity Nutrition

2. Wk1. Aims and objectives • Increase knowledge of nutrition, cooking skills and food behaviour whilst staying on budget • Children’s centres

3. Wk1. Where is this from: • Evidence based • Local (Nestles, Macmillian, Harefield, Ellers road and Colham Manor • Run by professionals

4. Wk1. What Messages you will learn • Family diet (not just children) • 2g of salt for toddlers (1g is a bag of crisps) • Balanced calories • More veg/less fruit • reduce sugar • Start as you mean to go on

5. Wk 1. What is a balanced diet? • Eat Well Plate, balanced diet • Is for adults and children, toddlers should have more starchy food and dairy • More vegetables, less fruit and juices • Cakes, biscuits and sweets should be less often • Use factsheet 2. ten steps to weaning

6. Wk 1. What does our body need • Energy- we measure them as calories • Protein- for growth, most people in the UK get enough • Fat- Eat the right kinds (mono and poly) • Salt (a very very small amount) • Vitamins and minerals- we get enough if we eat a balanced diet (apart from Vitamin D) • Fibre- very important for digestion- 5 a day • Be active 150 mins per week

7. Wk 1. What doesn’t our body need? • Sugar- high energy low nutrition • Flavoured drinks (only need water and milk) • Caffeine- children under 16 should not have tea, coffee, cola and energy drinks • Chocolate!

8. Wk 1. What are calories • Measurement of energy kcal or calories • Women need a guideline amount 2000 kcal, children vary depending on age • 2000 is a guide and is an upper limit • A apple has 70 kcal, a large chocolate bar has 500 kcal! • Calories are on food labels. Takeaways don’t have them

9. Wk 1. What is 5 a day • Is a minimum guide • A portion fits into the palm of your hand • Smaller portions for smaller people • Juice and smoothies have a lot of sugar as they are CONCENTRATED fruit • Aim to introduce vegetables early- 10 exposures

10. Wk 1 Dairy foods • Most children happily eat them • Full fat till 2, introduce semi skimmed and then skimmed from 5 • Children’s yogurts tend to be high in sugar (buy full fat plain and flavour with fruit) • Encourage cereals (as fortified) • Discourage flavoured milks

11. Homework • Please fill in the Infant and Toddler Food Diary

12. Week 2. Homework review • Have a look at the diet diary • What do your children need to eat more of? • What do they need to eat less of? • Was there anything that surprised you?

13. Week 2 Junk foods • We eat too much high sugar, high fat, high salt foods in the UK • Takeaways are almost always high in one or all: Sugar, Saturated Fat, salt • Portion sizes are for adults (crisps, chocolate bars)

14. Wk 2. Toddler snacks • Adult portions of crisps may have ½ a child’s salt in them (1g) • Make portions smaller and look for lower salt varieties • See healthy toddler snack list for ideas

15. Wk 2. How much sugar • How many sugar cubes go into these popular drinks

16. Wk. 2 Treats and rewards • We should offer TV time, favourite toys or days out as a reward instead of sweets • Keep treat foods for weekends/parties • Offer smaller portions

17. Homework • Next week bring in food boxes so we can look at food labels

18. Week 3- Food labels • Look at food labels • What do Use by/best before mean? • What do the traffic lights mean? • Do all foods have traffic lights? • Can you see how much salt is in those foods

19. Wk 3. Food label work sheet • Work through sheet and activity sheet answer each question then discuss • Food labels are complicated • If you home cook food you know what goes into it • Saturated Fat, Sugar, Salt and calories are the important ones to look out for • If you don’t understand the ingredients, it’s probably unhealthy

20. Week 4 Toddler food • If anyone is weaning (6 months) worksheet - Ten helps to weaning and discuss • Toddlers can eat most family food (use less salt, chilli) • Toddlers role model, they eat what you eat • It can take more than 10 exposures before they like a new food • If you drink cola- they will want it

21. Wk 4. Portion Sizes • There is no set portion size for each age • Children can regulate their appetite • Don’t force feed and recognise when they are full • Head turning, spitting out are signs of fullness • Their stomach is roughly the size of their fist (small)

22. Wk 4. Fussy eating • Everyone has different stories- you not alone! • Do worksheet and fill in questions on back • Be supportive and calm • Children won’t starve themselves • If your concerned about weight ask your health visitor

23. Week 5. Shopping on a budget • Read though worksheet (savvy Shopping and making the basics) • What do you do to save money on shopping • How can you save money? • Where are some good local shops? • Next week bring a dish from your childhood that is important to you

24. Week 6. Memories of food • What healthy foods did you eat as a child • What will your children’s memories be? • How did you make this dish? • How did you make it healthier • Take some photos!

25. Wk 6. Review • Thank you • Please fill in the questionnaire • What have you learnt • What are you going to change • What support is available?