1. Advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding
Advantages and disadvantages of bottle feeding
How to encourage healthy eating (meals, snacks, drinks, portion sizes)
Food for vegetarian and vegan diet.
Make up a bottle
What is weaning?
Bottle and breastfeeding and weaning.
Dangers of salt
Healthy diet
Guidelines of bottle and breastfeeding
Stages of weaning.
Unit 4: Nutrition and Health
Special diets, halal/kosher
What is food poisoning?
Diet related illness
Food hygiene
Food refusal
Causes of food poisoning
Childhood obesity
Food additives and behaviour
Allergies
How to prevent food poisoning.

2. Ways in which infections are spread How does the immune system work?
Meningitis and glass test.
Common childhood illnesses. What are their characteristics?
Explain the steps to be taken to prevent the spread of infection.
Infections
Childhood illnesses
Types of thermometer
The purpose of antibiotics and arguments against the use of antibiotics.
Signs of a sick child
Illnesses that require care by a parent/guardian
Illnesses that require care from a gp/hospital
Unit 4: Nutrition and Health
Alternatives to immunisation.
Caring for sick children
Immunisation
Identify childhood immunisations and when are they given?
Preparing a child for a hospital stay.
Explain how you can take care of a sick child.
Physical, Intellectual, emotional and social needs of a sick child.
Explain how immunisations protect against infections.
Advantages and disadvantages of immunisation.