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Table 6.1.4 Suggestions for healthy packed lunchboxes
Food group Suitable foods
Group 1: Bread, rice,
potatoes, pasta and other Bread, bread rolls, tortilla wraps and pittas can be filled or used for sandwiches
starchy foods Crispbreads, crackers, oatcakes or breadsticks
Group 2: Fruit and Pasta, rice or cooked potatoes as the base for a salad
vegetables
Vegetables sliced in sandwiches
Group 3: Milk, cheese and Combined in a salad
yogurt Sticks of raw vegetables (celery, carrots, cucumber) or small tomatoes as finger
foods or crunchy alternative to crisps
Group 4: Meat, fish, eggs, Pieces of fruit or small packets of dried fruit
nuts and pulses Vegetable soup
Foods combining more than Cheese is a popular sandwich filling
one food group Cubes, triangles, strings of cheese as finger foods
Pots of yogurts, fromage frais or rice pudding make popular desserts
Group 5: Foods high in fat Cartons of milk or flavoured milk as the drink
and sugar
Cold meats or flaked fish can be included in sandwiches or salads
Chicken drumsticks or cold sausages
Falafels
Nuts – if allowed in school
Slices of quiche or pizza
Samosas or bhajiis
Vegetable soup also with lentils or other beans, meat or fish
Small cakes or muffins (e.g. fruit cake or fruit muffins)
Biscuits and cakes containing dried fruit or ground or chopped nuts
Buns, scones, teabreads are a lower fat alternative
Fruit juice can be included as the drink
can provide their pupils with selected milk and school food services appear to be most effective in
changing dietary habits.
milk products. The aim of the scheme is to
Activity 2
encourage consumption of milk and milk products Plan the key components to be included in a
school intervention to increase the variety of
to establish a healthy balanced diet by making them foods the pupils will eat.
available in schools at a reduced cost to pupils. References and further reading
Schools choose whether they wish to sign up to this Bevelander KE, Anschütz DJ and Engels RC (2012)
The effect of a fictitious peer on young children’s
scheme and offer it. If they do, children entitled to choice of familiar v. unfamiliar low- and
high-energy-dense foods. British Journal of
free school meals are entitled to free milk. In Nutrition 7: 1–8.
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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland 3 pint of Brug J, Tak NI, te Velde SJ, Bere E and de
Bourdeaudhuij I (2008) Taste preferences, liking
milk daily is available free to children up to the age and other factors related to fruit and vegetable
intakes among schoolchildren: results from
of 5 years. observational studies. British Journal of Nutrition
99(suppl 1): S7–S14.
In Wales children up 7 years (in Key Stage 1) are
entitled to 1 pint milk free per day (Welsh Government
3
2011).
Breakfasts are now offered in many schools and
have the potential to improve nutrient intakes,
which is especially important for those entitled to
free school meals. This can make a significant
difference in the large numbers of school children
who leave home without breakfast.
School-based interventions that combine the
classroom curriculum, parental behaviour and