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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Veröffentlicht in:Public health nutrition Jg. 14; H. 10; S. 1858 - 1866
Hauptverfasser: Lloyd-Williams, Ffion, Bristow, Katie, Capewell, Simon, Mwatsama, Modi
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2011
CABI Pub. on behalf of the Nutrition Society
Schlagworte:
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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Zusammenfassung: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.
Bibliographie:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980011000619
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ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980011000619