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Healthy food and warm meals at our daycare!
At ’t Parelbosch daycare we focus on feeding children healthy food. After consulting with both parents and nutrionists, we’ve chosen to serve a hot, balanced meal at noon. Nutritionist and mother Ay Lin Kho relates her experience: “I’m very happy with the focus on healthy food at ’t Parelbosch, and the switch to a hot meal at noon. A well-balanced meal contains everything children need. In the afternoon the children are still alert, whereas in the evening they’re usually tired, which makes it hard to feed them properly! I’m hearing a lot of positive reactions from other parents whose children are suddenly eating a lot more. My daughter loves the food. I hear she eats everything on her plate and is an example to others, I’m proud of that!” Ay Lin wrote the book ‘Healthy & Happy Without a Diet’. The daycare staff’s knowledge of nutritious food is partly down to this book. “My book is about food and the brain, and it contains a lot of facts about nutrition. I’m glad my expertise is being used by ’t Parelbosch”, says Ay Lin. To which extent is healthy food the responsibility of a daycare? Ay Lin answers: “of course parents have primary responsibilty in choosing the right food for their children. But a daycare shares this responsibility, and they have to set a good example. Parents often don’t have time to research or cook healthy food. That’s why it’s great that the children get most of what they need at daycare!”
’t Parelbosch Daycare De Waghemakerstraat 1B | Eindhoven Pasqualinistraat 10 | Eindhoven T 040 256 9090 info@parelbosch.nl www.parelbosch.nl