The media interest surrounding children, food, and nutrition continues to influence policy and practice in early childhood settings, and food and eating is of fundamental importance to early childhood practice. This book gives students a comprehensive overview of food and eating, covering all areas of food and nutrition including: o Policy developmento Healthy eating guidelineso Promoting Healthy eating and o Multi-professional working.Each chapter includes case studies, links to useful websites and further reading and activities, the answers to which feature on the books companion websites along with links to journal articles and relevant websites.

Policy Development

Policy development

This chapter looks at the development of public policy in relation to children's food and eating. It charts the move from the view that what children eat is the private concern of the family, with philanthropic support for the most impoverished, to one of a universal service in the mid-1940s. The chapter also discusses the near reversal of such policy in the 1980s and the recent moves to seeing policy as part of broader strategies aimed at safeguarding children's futures, such as health promotion strategies and policies aimed at ecological sustainability.

Practice in relation to young children's food and eating does not occur in a vacuum. Public policy provides the framework within which practice is embedded and reflects cultural attitudes towards food and ...

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