This isn't really a surprise, as such a scheme cannot hope to bringabout a revolution by itself. There need to be longer-term and morefundamental changes in the whole of children's environment to make asubstantial difference.
Ironically, children in non-maintained nurseries, pre-schools andchildminders have not been part of the scheme, yet it is in thesesettings that much can be done and is being done from the earliest age.Many providers are offering imaginative, healthy menus, planting,growing and cooking their own food, and incorporating learning aboutnutrition into different aspects of nursery life. As yet, however, noofficial guidelines exist on healthy eating for children in PVIsettings.
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