Task 3 Feeding Young Children

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Feeding young children Feeding young children can be challenging you have been asked to look after two children aged three and five years old and plan and make a suitable meal for a child. In this task i am going to make a meal for a 3 year old and look at the nutrition’s in the meal and how to make the meal more appealing for younger children and how to make it more attractive i will research how much protein, calcium, fat’s also what carbohydrates a three year old will need and what they should eat. * Introduce the task and the plan * Create a plan to do threw out the task * I will research the nutrition’s needs for children so that i can make sure i can include them in my meal. * I will identify interesting…show more content…
Regulating muscles con tractions including heart beat and ensuring blood clots normally. Eating three portions of calcium-rich dairy foods everyday at least 3 a day witch eating will be a smart move. Calcium may help lower high blood pressure and protect against colon and breast cancer although more evidence is needed. More sources: * Milk Cheese and dairy foods * Green leafy vegetables * Soya beans * Tofu * Fish (with bones) Protein is made up of different combinations of 20 molecules from enzymes hormones muscles organs and many other tissues in the body different types of protein: * Meat * Eggs * Poultry * Fish Carbohydrates is good for children its gives them energy so they can have lots of fun and do different activity’s but there is a down side if you eat to much you can get constipation. My specifications my meal wants to be appealing so young children will eat the dish that is made for this so in this dish there will be: * Bright * Healthy * Fun * Balanced diet * Shapes and colours * Creative My Meal Suggestions: * Spaghetti Bolognas * Sheppard’s pie * Marconi cheese * Smiley faces and vegetables with chicken * Vegetables and

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