Home About Paula Talks and Workshops Your Health Food Industry What's New Contact Links Sitemap   Eating Well      Your Children      Health Issues      Exercise for Health      Recipes        Your Health:        Eating Well Your Children - Food for fussy eaters - The effects of obesity on our children - Children's food and nutrition - Irish children's diets - Food groups for children - Breakfast for children - Lunch for children - Lunchbox ideas - Drinks for children - Nutrition homework for the family - Take our Food for Fitness test - Food for active teenagers Health Issues Exercise for Health Recipes Lunch for Children        Get children involved in making their school lunch. Ask them to pick something from each of these four groups in order to get a wide range of essential nutrients.        Carbohydrate foods – bread (wholemeal if possible), wraps, pitta bread, rice cakes, bread sticks, crackers (wholemeal if possible), selection or rolls and baps.        Protein group – Cold meats such as turkey/ chicken, tuna or hummus.        Vitamins and Minerals - Any fresh fruit, mini boxes of raisins, dried fruit like mango, apricots and dates, carrot sticks, salad veg.        Calcium - Yogurts drinks, yogurts pots, small cartons of milk, cheese cubes or strings.        Treat foods are occasional foods. They’re allowed by most schools on Fridays and are fine as long as they are not displacing other more nourishing foods from your child’s diet.        Treats - Mini chocolate bars, low salt/fat crisps, mini muffins, cereal bar, brack, digestive biscuits.        Cereal Group Fruit & Veg Milk Group Meat Group “Treats” Brown Bread Bunch of seedless grapes Yogurt Drink Cold Chicken Mini carrot muffin Pitta Pocket Salad and 2 Satsumas 2 x low fat fromage frais Deli Turkey Fruit cake / brack Soft Roll or bagel Smoothie Babybell, Cheddar Cheese portions Tuna and sweetcorn mix Oatmeal Cookie Breadsticks Banana Fruit Bio Yogurts Hummus dip Popcorn Wholemeal roll or bap Carrot Sticks Low fat yoghurt with friendly bacteria Hardboiled egg + mayo Chocolate covered rice cake        Click here for some more lunchbox ideas top of page                 Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.                   © Paula Mee 2010 Privacy Statement        Home page                Powered by go2web