“For some families, a healthy diet can be out of reach” - The cost of living crisis’ impacts on children’s health - video Dailymotion

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A new scheme will invest £4 million into schools with a higher-than-average rate of free school meals to help plug the gap between food insecurity and healthy eating.

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00:00Schools and young people's groups really need extra support to help children thrive.

00:07Making sure young people have a healthy diet is a massive part of enabling them to have a successful start in life

00:15and to go on to learn well and to take some of those habits about fresh fruit and vegetables

00:21and making sure that you have a nutritious and a balanced diet through into adult life.

00:26About a third of adults will have their regular five a day.

00:29So to see that that's not replicated in children or even better you'd expect for children is really surprising.

00:35And this is all about balance.

00:37And so maybe some of those foods that are less healthy and that are high in fat or high in sugar

00:42have become a more regular part of the diet than they should be.

00:46We're stepping in with some funding to help in 400 areas of the country with this additional money

00:54on top of the grant programme that we're already providing because we know how important it is.

00:59For some families a healthy diet can be out of reach.

01:04It's thinking about all the demands that we've had over the last couple of years with the cost of living crisis.

01:11Trying to juggle all of that and make sure that you're providing your family with the best food you can

01:16is really difficult for some people.

01:19So let's not underestimate how challenging that is.

01:23So that's really where we can intervene.

01:25There are ways round the challenge I think of cost of living

01:29and there are hopefully really fun and exciting opportunities for kids to learn more about fruit and veg

01:35and to feel inspired at home to do more with their own families as well.

01:39But I can't stress enough the importance of the food environment

01:43and people being able to make healthier choices.

01:46You know they're exposed to lots of fast food, lots of food that's high in salt, sugar and fat.

01:52We can't choose healthy food if it's not there.

01:56So the food environment has a really critically important role to play.

“For some families, a healthy diet can be out of reach” - The cost of living crisis’ impacts on children’s health

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