Nursery World - A Unique Child: Nutrition

Nutrition is an ongoing challenge for nurseries. But groups are taking some innovative approaches to help encourage healthy eating among children and their families. Nicole Weinstein reports.

Fussy eaters, obesity, tooth decay, food allergies, over-reliance on convenience foods, and parents' fear of cooking from scratch are just some of the reasons that early years settings are making huge efforts to communicate messages about healthy eating to parents.

Innovative approaches being used to get parents on board include group cooking sessions, taster weekends and sharing information with parents about their children's favourite recipes.

Nutritionist Laura Sharp, of the Children's Food Trust's Eat Better, Start Better programme, says, 'Nurseries have a powerful opportunity to reach parents with guidance on children's nutrition, cooking with children and getting them into good food habits from an early age.

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