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The Balance of Good Health
Once your child starts school they will become far more active and their energy requirements and need for a healthy, balanced diet are high.
Children of school-age need a lot more energy and nutrients for their body size than adults and therefore they need smaller, nutrient-dense meals more often than adults do.
This is so that they don´t have to try and fit all their nutrient needs into just three meals. Healthy snacks play an important part in the diets of children. A healthy and varied diet incorporating all the major food groups found in the Balance of Good Health should provide all the nutrients your growing child needs.
The Balance of Good Health is basically a healthy well-balanced eating plan that´s suitable for the whole family and easy-to-follow!
Here at PhunkyFoods we truly believe that all children should be able to enjoy their food and by being creative, and just a little adventurous, we know you can have fun with food, enjoy guilt-free eating and be healthy too!
Pictured below is the Balance of Good Health. The model depicts the types and amounts of foods that should be included in our daily meals to make up a healthy balanced diet and to ensure that we are getting all the right nutrients in the right amounts.
Based on this model foods in the largest sections should be eaten most often and foods from the smallest sections should be eaten least often. We don´t necessarily have to eat this balance of foods at every meal but over the course of a day, or a week, this is the balance of foods we should be aiming for.
The Balance of Good Health shows us that all foods can be part of a healthy diet but that it is important to achieve the right balance and a variety of foods for good health.
You can download a copy of the Balance of Good Health here why not stick it on the fridge to remind you and your child what a balanced diet looks like?