Nursery World - What's cooking?

Childcarers can pat themselves on the back for serving healthy food, says Dorian Bradley You could be forgiven for thinking the recent interest in children's physical health and their eating habits in particular is exclusively an issue for schools. TV programmes such as 'Jamie's School Dinners', the development of the Schools Food Trust and initiatives such as the Healthy Schools programme have helped fill countless column inches. So what's the food like for younger children in childcare?

You could be forgiven for thinking the recent interest in children's physical health and their eating habits in particular is exclusively an issue for schools. TV programmes such as 'Jamie's School Dinners', the development of the Schools Food Trust and initiatives such as the Healthy Schools programme have helped fill countless column inches. So what's the food like for younger children in childcare?

Last week, Ofsted published a short report called 'Food for thought' (News, 30 March). Our inspectors called at 110 settings across England in the last two weeks of February 2006 to look for examples of healthy eating.

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