Planning meals 2

Planning meals 2

Preschool children 1-4
1. Encourage to:
  1. Eat regular meals
  2. try new foods
  3. eat fresh raw foods
  4. unsweetened drinks
  5. eat until full
  6. sit at a table
2. Discourage to :
  1. eating snacks with high sugar content
  2. Eating snacks between meals
3. Important minerals
  1. Protein
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Vitamins - all
  4. Fat
  5. Water
  6. Fibre
4. Advice
  1. Small portions
  2. aware of foods that might cause choking
  3. Involve in aspects of shopping
  4. Encourage dental care
Children aged 5-12
1. What happens
  1. Growth spurts
  2. Should be physically active
2. Important nutrients
  1. Protein
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Fat
  4. Water
  5. Minerals
  6. Fibre
3. Encourage to:
  1. Eatwell Guide and dietary guidelines
  2. Try new foods
  3. Eat regular meals
    1. Breakfast
  4. Find out about where food comes from
  5. Involve in shopping and cooking meals
4. Discourage from:
  1. 'grazing' on snacks in between meals
  2. too many sweets, fizzy drinks, fatty and salty snacks
Teenagers
1. What happens
  1. Body grows rapidly
  2. Important for minerals
  3. Girls menstruate
  4. Staying up late
2. Important nutrients
  1. Protein
  2. Vitamins A, group B, C, D, E
  3. Carbohydrates
  4. Fats
    1. unsaturated
    2. Omega 3
  5. Minerals
  6. Calcium
  7. Iron
3. Encourage to:
  1. Eatwell guide
  2. regular meals
    1. always eat breakfast
  3. fresh foods
  4. Plenty of water
  5. Excercise regularly
  6. Calcium rich foods in the diet
  7. Allow time for rest and sleep
4. Discourage from
  1. energy dense foods
  2. skipping meals
  3. drinking and eating lots of sugary foods and fizzy drinks.
Adults
1. What happens
  1. Body doesn't grow anymore
  2. Maintaining body from disease
  3. Metabolic rate slows down
  4. Peak bone mass is achieved
  5. Women continue menstruation
2. Important Nutrients
  1. Protein
  2. Vitamins A. group B, C, D, E
  3. Fats
    1. Unsaturated
    2. Fatty acids
  4. Minerals- all
  5. Calcuim
  6. Iron
3. Encourage to
  1. Eatwell Guide
  2. Regular meals
  3. Fresh food
  4. Oily fish and seeds
  5. plenty of water
  6. regular excercise
  7. Calcium rich foods
  8. outdoors time
4. Discourage from
  1. energy dense snacks
  2. sugar ans salt
  3. fizzy drinks
  4. sedentary lifestyle
Elderly Adults
1. What happens
  1. Digestion and blood circulation starts to slow down
  2. Increase Blood Pressure
  3. Slow metabolic rate
  4. smaller apetite
  5. Lost minerals in the skelton
  6. Harder to absorb minerals
  7. Weaken eyesight
  8. poorer memory
2. Important nutrients
  1. Protein
  2. Vitamins A, B group, C, D, E
  3. Carbohydrates
  4. Fats
  5. Calcium
  6. Iron
3. Encourage to
  1. Eatwell guide
  2. small regular meals
  3. Plenty of water
  4. regular excersice
  5. oily fish an seeds
  6. Calcium rich foods
  7. Fresh foods
  8. fruit and veg with iron
  9. B group vitamins
4. Discourage from
  1. Eating energy dense foods
  2. Adding lots of sugar and salt

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