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Healthy Packed Lunch Workshop

Healthy Packed Lunch Workshop. Insert name. Many young people depend on 3 foods: Chips Cakes Biscuits For a significant proportion of their total energy intake at the expense of more nutritious options. Most children eat too much fat, added sugars and salt.

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Healthy Packed Lunch Workshop

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  1. Healthy Packed Lunch Workshop Insert name

  2. Many young people depend on 3 foods: Chips Cakes Biscuits For a significant proportion of their total energy intake at the expense of more nutritious options Most children eat too much fat, added sugars and salt. Salt intakes are up to 50% higher than recommended Children from the lowest social group eat 50% less fruit and vegetables than those from the highest Iron intake is below recommended levels and is associated with poor cognitive function A quarter of teenage girls are having insufficient calcium 8% of 8 – 16 year old children have nothing to eat before school, and this rises to 12% of 15 – 16 year olds. What foods do you associate with a healthy active lifestyle? A Healthy Diet? What foods do you associate with your pupils diets?

  3. Introduction • Children need nutrient rich diets for growth and development • Eating habits and attitudes towards healthier eating are established in childhood • Poor diets in childhood can contribute to: • Tooth decay • Obesity and overweight • Certain forms of cancer • Poorer academic achievement

  4. Our children’s diets • 9 out of 10 school lunchboxes are too high in saturated fat, salt and sugar (FSA 2004) • That would be 27 lunchboxes in a class of 30 pupils!

  5. What are childreneating for their lunch! 2 bags of crisps 2 bars of chocolate Sweets

  6. How much are children eating? • Children eat only 2 portions of fruit and vegetables per day. • One in five children don’t eat any fruit in a week. • Three in five children eat no leafy green vegetables in a week. • Half of all children don’t drink any fruit juice in a week. Fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice all count towards your 5 A DAY A portion is a handful or 80g

  7. The Balance of Good Health • Enjoy your food. • Eat a variety of different food. • Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight. • Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre. • Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. • Don’t eat too many foods that contain a lot of fat. • Don’t have sugary foods and drink too often. • If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly.

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