Eating for Learning
Packing a healthy lunch helps students get through their school day. The government has a helpful website that focuses teaching children to eat healthy and they have a mini cookbook of healthy recipes created by children.
A children’s lunch can follow a metabolic balanced diet including:
- Protein foods. These are meat, fish, eggs, beans and others.
- A dairy item. This could be cheese or yoghurt.
- Vegetables or salad, and a portion of fruit.
- Rye bread or Rye crackers.
Children eat different portion sizes than adults. Here are some adult snack ideas that can be incorporated into children’s lunches: