Nursery World - Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

The Early Years Alliance and nursery group the London Early Years Foundation have joined forces to launch a survey about food provision and nutrition in early years settings.

'All children should have access to healthy, balanced and nutritious meals' PHOTO Adobe Stock

The survey aims to gain provider perspectives on food provision across the early years sector and the challenges associated with giving children access to healthy, balanced and nutritious meals.

Responses will be used to support efforts to influence government policy with the aim of improving early years food provision and funding. All individual survey responses will be kept anonymous.

Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said, 'All children, regardless of their background or circumstances, should have access to healthy, balanced and nutritious meals to provide them with the necessary energy to learn, help them to maintain healthy lifestyles and to develop positive relationships with food from the earliest opportunity.

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