How Good Nutrition Supports a Good Education
Young people’s brains use proportionately more energy than adults. By the time they arrive at school, our pupils may not have eaten a meal for 13-14 hours. A healthy breakfast and lunch are essential if young people’s brains are going to function, and will lead to better behaviour and better grades, improving:
- Cognitive function, particularly memory, attention, and executive function
- Academic performance and attendance
- On-task behaviour in the class
Young people’s brains use proportionately more energy than adults. By the time they arrive at school, our pupils may not have eaten a meal for 13-14 hours. A healthy breakfast and lunch are essential if young people’s brains are going to function, and will lead to better behaviour and better grades, improving:
- Cognitive function, particularly memory, attention, and executive function
- Academic performance and attendance
- On-task behaviour in the class
What you could do during the Covid-19 closures…
Tameside Children’s Nutrition Team will continue to add family friendly recipes, healthy eating advice and budget tips to their twitter page and website:
@NHSTamesideCNT
www.tameside.gov.uk/healthyeatingandnutrition/kids/budget
The workbooks for 5-7 year olds and 7-11 year olds both contain food diaries, as well as content for older age groups.
A new healthy recipe could be tried each week. Some recipe ideas are listed here.
Tameside Children’s Nutrition team have also produced resources: