22-11-2017 16:05 via childcarecanada.org

New Finnish nutrition guidelines call for ethnic food "theme weeks" in daycare

The aim of the new guidelines from Finland's National Nutrition Council is to begin teaching youngsters from an early age to eat foods other than the traditional Finnish staples macaroni casserole, meatballs and sausages.  
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New recommendations from the National Nutrition Council now extend to children in the daycare system. The guidelines call on care givers to daycare children offer more ethnic foods by way of theme weeks.
In addition to promoting good health among children in ear
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