Nursery World - A Unique Child: Nutrition

Birthdays and celebrations provide a challenge when it comes to healthy eating. Nicole Weinstein considers how to get the balance right.

Birthdays and special celebrations are magical moments in children's lives and nursery settings look forward to embracing and celebrating these occasions with them. Food often is high on the list, with cakes and sweets the traditional food for children's birthdays, and fried food such as samosas, onion bhajis or potato latkes, the symbolic food for the religious festivals of Diwali or Hanukkah.

While these celebrations are an invaluable opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity, the foods typically contain high levels of sugar and fat. So whether you are planning a Christmas or Eid celebration, a child's birthday or a family social event, it is good practice to make sure that the food you offer reflects the healthy ethos of your setting.

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