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Content Page
Agenda.....................................................................2
Rationale..................................................................2
Food Pyramid.........................................................3
Importance..............................................................4
Ways to make meals more interesting.................5
Recipes.....................................................................6-7
Other Information.................................................8
Notes........................................................................9-10

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Agenda
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6-6.10pm

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6.10-6.30pm

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6.30-6.50pm
6.50-7pm

Activities
Welcome & Refreshment
Introduction:
- Presenters
- Purpose and Goals of Workshop
- Ice breaker
Workshop:
1. Importance of nutrition & balanced diet
2. Sharing of Healthy diet pyramid
3. Sharing of challenges/solutions parents faced during meal times
Group A to list challenges
Group B to list solutions
4. Tips on how to make meals interesting
5. Q&A
Activity: Making your own sandwich
Closure:
- Cleaning up
- Debrief & Feedback form

Rationale of Workshop

Purpose
Educate parents on how to make meals interesting for children.
Goals
Parents will be able to:
1. Create a sandwich using various ingredients provided.
2. Name three tips on how to make meals look more interesting.
3. Identify challenges they faced during meal times and the solutions to overcome
these challenges.

FOOD PYRAMID

Other Information
For more recipes, you can visit these websites:
http://ofdotsnthings.blogspot.sg/2012/08/sandwich-art.html
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/09/creative-sandwich-art.html
http://www.littlefoodjunction.com
For more information on nutrition, you can visit:
www.hpb.gov.sg
www.nutrition.com.sg
www.healthychildren.org

Food Group

Number of Servings
per Day

Example of 1 Serving

Rice and
Alternatives

2 slices bread
bowl* rice (100g)

Fruit

1 small apple, orange, pear or mango (130g)

1 medium banana

Vegetables

150g raw leafy vegetables

100g raw non-leafy vegetables

1 palm-sized piece fish, lean meat or skinless

poultry (90g)
3 eggs
2 glasses milk (500 ml)

Meat and
Alternatives

Importance of
Owl Sandwich
Ingredients used:
1. Plain bread
2. Carrots
3. Cucumbers
4. Cheese
5. Olives
6. Eggs

Flower Sandwich
Ingredients used:
1. Wholegrain bread
2. Strawberries
3. Cucumber
4. Grapes
5. Cherry tomatoes
6. Long beans

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Enhances brain growth

Childrens brain is developing at a fast rate
Prevents child obesity
Over-weight children are at greater risk of major

health issues: Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, joint
pain, high cholesterol
Fast food are on the rise; important to teach good eating
habits
Promotes optimal growth
Children require a variety of nutrient-dense foods:

fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meat, fish to grow
properly
Calcium crucial for bone and teeth growth
Start young and eating healthy will become a habit

Ways to make meals

more interesting
Ship sandwich

Cut food
into various
shapes and
sizes

Make
meals more
colourful

Piano sandwich

Create
food art
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Ingredients used:
1. Plain bread
2. Ham
3. Biscuit
4. Cucumber
5. Cheese

Ingredients used:
1. Plain bread
2. Carrot
3. Cheese
4. Cucumber
5. Ham