Health, the bell rings for the ‘Nutripiatto per la scuola’ project

Here comes the new ‘Nutripiatto Guide for School’, the Nestlé nutritional education program dedicated to primary school pupils and teachers. Developed together with the experts of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome – a company note reads – the guide, the result of 4 years of experience on Nutripiatto, can become a valid ally for educational activities, to support teachers and encourage children to take an active part in the choice of food and in the preparation of recipes, with suggestions and games. The Nutripiatto School Guide is therefore an agile didactic tool that teachers can use with their class because it provides children with simple messages that can be starting points for deepening the themes of nutrition, through a model that makes play a modality. learning. The guide, through the support of teachers, can stimulate awareness of the link between a balanced diet and correct lifestyles, to ensure psycho-physical well-being and therefore also keep the brain in shape. “This guide provides some useful information for teachers, to set up some teaching units dedicated to food and proper nutrition, and which integrate the use of Nutripiatto that students can do at home – explains Laura De Gara, president of the master’s degree course in Food and Nutrition Sciences Campus Bio-Medico University – We thought it useful to precede the didactic part with some epidemiological information that helps teachers to better understand the importance of proper nutrition for the healthy development of their students. a description of Nutripiatto and recipes and other information that may be available with more or details can be found on the site dedicated to this nutritional education tool: nutripiatto.nestle.it. We hope that the advice and knowledge that are transmitted with this work can affect the lifestyles of the students and give real support to their families, helping them to prevent and / or treat childhood obesity “. The project will be supported by ‘ non-profit association Fondo scuola Italia which, with the reopening of school activities, will act as a bridge between Nestlé and the primary schools that will apply. By registering, the participating schools will send the drawing of their staff Nutripiatto and the commission of Fondo scuola Italia will award 10 classes with 100 Nutripiatto. “Fondo scuola Italia is a non-profit association whose mission is to support the most needy schools in our country – says the president, Bruno Mario Ferrari – supports them with goods or services offered by companies particularly aware of the importance of school for our future generations. Among these Nestlé, which we thank for the fun and instructive Nutripiatto project. “The materials of the project, which can be downloaded for free on the nutripiatto.nestle.it website, aim at involving children in the preparation of food, so that it can become a good daily incentive to cook together. to their parents and therefore eat better. A Nestlé Research study has shown that, when children are actively involved in the preparation of meals, they eat in a more balanced way.The Nutripiatto project – born in 2018, with more than 500,000 sensitized and diverse children acknowledgments obtained, Nestlé recalls – it is a concrete solution for parents, educators, nutritionists and health professionals, designed for children to promote good eating habits. Made with the scientific contribution of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome and the Society Italian Social and Preventive Paediatrics (Sipps), the program focuses on za on the correct portioning of food in the main meals through an ‘intelligent’ dish and through recipes designed to meet the nutritional needs of children in different age groups and throughout the day.