Balanced Diet 360°
- Pick healthy food:
Children are taught to identity nutritious food such as vegetables and fruits, which are rich in vitamins and dietary fibre; they ease constipation and prevent diseases.
- Record what you eat:
Children record their dinner food on the ‘dinner record sheet’ for two consecutive days. They discuss the record at school and check if they have had a balanced diet.
- Hold cooking demonstration:
Compare cooking methods like frying, stir-frying, deep-frying and poaching so that the children understand the healthy ways of cooking with less oil, less sugar and less salt.
- Promote healthy diet:
Breakfast and lunch menus are modelled on the 4-week menu as suggested by the Department of Health, and the modified recipes are provided to parents for their reference. The menus involve mostly steaming, poaching and quick stir-frying with a small amount of oil.
Stage 3: Sharing Platform
Ms. Wong Wing Suet , Teacher
- We always talk to the parents after school about the kids and what they eat at teatime. We also encourage them to prepare healthy food for our birthday parties, such as salad and sandwiches, and not conventional party snacks like chocolate, potato chips and soft drinks.
- Children have looked healthier since the project was launched. They used to skip meals for snacks; now they eat more rice and vegetables. They even tell their parents how to eat healthy.
Conclusion
During the project period, Ho Yan Kindergarten (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) organised individual and group activities featuring ‘diet and nutrition’. Pupils were taught the nutritional composition of different types of food, what they mean to the body and the benefits of a balanced diet. They also learnt about the healthy ways of cooking.
It’s impossible to adopt a healthy lifestyle just overnight. Therefore, the school emphasizes cooperation with families. Letters and regular discussions are maintained to disseminate the message to parents.
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