A healthy child needs to eat a balanced diet and have plenty of opportunity to exercise. Healthy children concentrate better and they do well at school.
And healthy habits developed in childhood can set the pattern for life.
So schools, nurseries and playgroups have a major role to play here.
We already support their efforts. The National Healthy School Standard encourages a "whole school" approach to healthy eating and good nutrition.
Children learn about these things in class and are then encouraged to make healthy choices about what they eat.
The Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills jointly run the Food in Schools programme, which helps schools to plan their food education. And many schools now give their children a piece of fruit every day as part of the School Fruit Scheme.
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