Children nutrition and school food

How we can help children to eat better and how to improve the food served at the canteen.

Sunday, 27 September 2020 / Published in Children and school food
gluten-free snacks
In recent times, more and more people have begun to pay attention to gluten-related problems. As a consequence of this greater awareness, various gluten-free snacks started to pop up in shops and supermarkets, but not all of them are healthy. Before I dig into the topic of this post, I would like to spend a
Saturday, 24 February 2018 / Published in Children and school food
Childrens Playing
If you are a parent, you certainly know how difficult it is to motivate children to embrace a healthy diet. Since learning while having fun is a proven strategy that works at any age, I thought it could be useful to write about a few fun activities that can inspire parents willing to help their
Thursday, 23 April 2015 / Published in Children and school food
Schools are uniquely positioned to promote consumption of healthy food as well as to teach cooking skills. The provision of healthy food ensures that the students eat what they learn about healthy eating in the classroom[1]. Better food at school can also have positive impact on students’ performances[2]. On the other hand, the ability to
Thursday, 05 March 2015 / Published in Children and school food
Healthy children
How  can we have more healthy children? Education in healthy nutrition starts at home well before school age. To cook, to grow vegetables and herbs, to learn how to eat healthy foods, are all home activities. It is important to help your children discover different types of food and, particularly, how to eat them in
Siblings making sandwich
Too much food advertising can damage our children? Having been born and grown up in Nutella’s home country, I am well accustomed to food advertising directed at children as well the effectiveness of this advertising—the family who owns the famous nut cream company has long been the richest family in Italy. Notably, the results from