Healthy Eating& Physical Activity workshop Early Years Provider Evenings 10 th & 16 th March Fiona Moir – Public Health
NCMP National Child Measurement Programme Data Obesity Rates 2012/13 Reception (4-5 years) Somerset 9.1% England average 9.3% (Eng. worst 14.8%) Obesity Rates 2012/13 Year 6 (10-11 years) Somerset 15.9% (18.4%) England average 18.9% (Eng. Worst 27.5%) Public Health England – NCMP Local Authority Profile 2014/15
One in five children in Reception is overweight or obese (boys 23.2%, girls 21.2%) One in three children in Year 6 is overweight or obese (boys 34.8%, girls 31.8%) Prevalence amongst Children
How much sugar is there in your food? QUIZ
How much sugar is there in……? Sun Quench Double Strength No Added Sugar Orange Squash Drink
6.4 sugar cubes (25.6g)
How much sugar is there in……? 1 x Tesco orange juice lunch box size (100ml):
2.3 sugar cubes (9.2g)
How much sugar is there in……? Harvest Morn Honey Nut Cornflakes (500g):
40 sugar cubes per 500g pack (160g)
How much sugar is there in……? Boots Shapers Barbecue Chicken Wrap (both wraps):
6 sugar cubes per pack (22g)
How much sugar is there in……? Mars Bar (58g):
12 sugar cubes (34.6g)
How much sugar is there in……? Californian Seedless Raisins per 30g serving:
5 sugar cubes (20.8g)
SACN Report Pre-school children, averaging 1,200 to 1,400 calories per day, should limit added sugar to about 4 teaspoons (16 grams) per day.
Healthy Eating – What are the issues for young children? Children have an innate taste for sugar Picky eaters – poor range of foods, usually processed, long term and habit forming Food can have an impact on socialisation and friendships Can create tensions, stress and behavioural issues in families Long term impact on levels of obesity and health
Ideas for parents Cooking – family cooking days Eat together even if you don’t have a table Eating the same things as the rest of the family Regular meal times Plate A plate B – separate plates of what they like and what they are not keen on - Keith Williams Tiny taste system – lick it and spit it out Shopping with a child – they can choose anything healthy to eat, take it home and try it (not necessarily finish) but try
Eat Better, Start Better Children’s Food Trust Promoting and supporting healthy eating in early years settings
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Public Health and Local Support ZING Somerset – Full of Beans, Healthy Futures Programme and children & families lifestyle course Field to Fork – Farm learning Frogmary Green Farm
Nationally mandated Measures children in Reception (4 – 5 years) and Year 6 (10 – 11 years) Where? – In School Who? – School Nurse Team Why? – monitors children’s health and informs commissioning Results – letters sent to parents within six weeks of measuring Support – local and national websites, school nurse team, GP practice, Zing Somerset Lifestyle Course National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)
Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)
Useful websites Somerset Public Health – Zing Somerset - Somerset Play Forum – Change4Life – Children’s Food Trust - food-trust/early-years/ey-resources/ food-trust/early-years/ey-resources/ NHS Choices - Great Ormond Street - 0/general-health-advice/food-and-diethttp:// 0/general-health-advice/food-and-diet