Young children's food in Liverpool day-care settings: a qualitative study of pre-school nutrition policy and practice

Objective To explore nutrition and food provision in pre-school nurseries in order to develop interventions to promote healthy eating in early years settings, especially across deprived communities. Design An ethnographic approach was used combining participant observation with semi-structured inter...

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Vydané v:	Public health nutrition Ročník 14; číslo 10; s. 1858 - 1866
Hlavní autori:	Lloyd-Williams, Ffion, Bristow, Katie, Capewell, Simon, Mwatsama, Modi
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2011 CABI Pub. on behalf of the Nutrition Society
Predmet:	Access to information Child Behavior Child Day Care Centers Child Day Care Centers - organization & administration Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Child, Preschool children Children & youth cost effectiveness Diet Diet - standards Eating behavior eating habits Energy Intake epidemiology Feeding Behavior Focus Groups Food food preparation Food, Organic Great Britain guidelines Health care Health Food Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion healthy diet Humans interviews Lifestyles managers Meals Menu Planning Multicenter Studies as Topic Nutrition Nutrition Policy Nutrition research Nutritional Status Obesity Obesity - epidemiology organization & administration Parents Primary care Public health Qualitative Research Schools Socioeconomic Factors Special Groups Surveys and Questionnaires Training United Kingdom United Kingdom Great Britain Policy Practice Young children Pre-school Nutrition Food
ISSN:	1368-9800, 1475-2727, 1475-2727
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Shrnutí:	Objective To explore nutrition and food provision in pre-school nurseries in order to develop interventions to promote healthy eating in early years settings, especially across deprived communities. Design An ethnographic approach was used combining participant observation with semi-structured interviews. Research participants were selected purposively using convenience sampling. Setting Community pre-school nurseries. Subjects Nursery managers (n 9), cooks (n 6), staff (n 12), parents (n 12) and children at six nurseries (four private and two attached to children's centres) in Liverpool, UK. Results Private nurseries had minimal access to information and guidelines. Most nurseries did not have a specific healthy eating policy but used menu planning to maintain a focus on healthy eating. No staff had training in healthy eating for children under the age of 5 years. However, enthusiasm and interest were widespread. The level and depth of communication between the nursery and parents was important. Meal times can be an important means of developing social skills and achieving Early Years Foundation Stage competencies. Conclusions Nurseries are genuinely interested in providing appropriate healthy food for under-5s but require support. This includes: improved mechanisms for effective communication between all government levels as well as with nurseries; and funded training for cooks and managers in menu planning, cost-effective food sourcing and food preparation. Interventions to support healthy eating habits in young children developed at the area level need to be counterbalanced by continued appropriate national-level public health initiatives to address socio-economic differences.
Bibliografia:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011000619 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1368-9800 1475-2727 1475-2727
DOI:	10.1017/S1368980011000619