Around 30 staff working with nurseries, children's centres, childminders and other early years settings in Hertfordshire are this month piloting the training, which involves learning how to help settings use the new nutritional guidelines and code of practice for providing nutritious food and drink for young children, currently being drawn up by the School Food Trust.
Hertfordshire is one of five authorities piloting the 'Eat Better, Start Better' project, with Stoke, Southwark and Gloucestershire, and one to be confirmed.
The training covers the evidence behind the nutritional guidelines, how to put together a menu for young children in group settings, ways to communicate with parents, and how to read and understand food labelling.
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