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Healthy School Lunches for pupils in Nursery Schools
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The Document contains the sections explained in the summary to the left


Introduction
Good health is important for everyone. The Government wants to secure, maintain and improve children's and young people's health....


What is a Healthy Diet
There are no healthy or unhealthy foods, only healthy or unhealthy diets. For children aged five and under a healthy diet means broadly....


National nutritional standards for school lunches
The standards say that for lunches for children in nursery schools or units, there must be available every day at least one item from each of the following food groups....


Good Catering practice
This chapter offers guidance on good practice, but which is not required by law. Following this guidance is a practical way of meeting the new minimum nutritional standards, while meeting the needs of customers....


Monitoring the nutritional standards
Monitoring what your customers are eating is essential to your business and to their health....


Ideas for improving the service
Primary schools now have the option to have delegated budgets for school meal provision....


Special Examples - Print and Keep

The guidance is for the nutritional standards, however, the headings which are listed below are also shown as Annexes in the main download.

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Special Dietary Requirements
Sources of calcium, folates, zinc and iron

Compulsory requirements Checklist

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