Healthy Eating - Children's Care - Foundation Level

Description

Course Overview

The course provides knowledge on food groups, physical activity and making healthy lifestyle choices as well as promoting and encouraging a healthy lifestyle in the home. The programme benefits from an animated scenes and activities with ongoing assessment making it engaging and interactive.

This course is accredited by CPD.

Aims & Objectives

Identify important nutrients for children and young people

Explain how the Eatwell Guide can be used to make healthy food choices

Identify the main food groups in the Eatwell Guide and show the proportion that each group should contribute to the overall diet

Provide practical tips for making healthy food choices

Explain the importance of physical activity

State how much and what types of physical activity are beneficial for children and young people

Course Audience

This course is aimed at residential care staff, specialist health and education staff working with children, youth leaders and practitioners.