Food and Health Guidelines

The key to this is to make sure they have the opportunity to eat well and to take part in physical activity.

The food that children eat in their early years affects their health later in life, with breastfeeding being the first step on the way to a lifetime of healthy eating.

In Wales we know that the dietary intakes of many children are still inadequate and are:

low in fresh fruit and vegetables; and
high in snacks containing significant amounts of fat, sugar and salt.

Healthier eating and physical activity will also help children to maintain a healthy body weight and will therefore help to tackle childhood obesity. We know that in 2007 about a third of Welsh children were classified as overweight or obese, and one in five are obese.

The Welsh Assembly Government’s Food and Fitness 5 Year Implementation Plan aims to improve access to healthier food and drink in a range of early years’ settings.

This document aims to help staff and carers’ to deliver healthier food and drink to their children.

Food and Health Guidelines

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