Guidelines issued by the Government to ensure that children have a balanced and healthy diet in order to give them the best start in their first few years. Eating patterns should involve a combination of foods from all five groups to ensure that all nutrient requirements are met.

The state of being seriously overweight, caused by poor diet and nutrition.

Health conditions caused by poor diet and nutrition, eg rickets, anaemia, kwashikor.

Eatwell plate The eatwell plate highlights the different types of food that make up our diet, and shows the proportions that we should eat them in to have a healthy, balanced diet

a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs.

a condition in which there is a deficiency of red cells or of haemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness.