Nursery children have been introduced to Startwell this month.

Startwell is an NHS early years obesity prevention programme, helping children to eat healthily and be more physically active in their early years.

This establishes healthy lifestyle behaviours that they can continue to use in their older childhood and into adulthood.

Startwell wants children to eat well, be active and achieve more and will be embedded within our very day practice moving forward.

The characters are :

• Suzy Startwell - Children learn from copying the behaviours of those they see around them. As a parent, practitioner or adult who is in close contact with children it is important that the behaviours they see and copy are positive.

• 180 Katie - Promotes the Physical Activity Guidelines for children aged under 5 years old

• Sammy Skills - Promotes the importance of skills based play.

• Micky Me Size - Encourages children to have the correct portion size for their age.

• Active Azra - is all about moving more and sitting less; inactivity should be discouraged and movement encouraged

• Smiley Shen - Encourages children to keep our teeth clean and healthy

• Fay 5 a day - Encourages children and adults to eat the recommend 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day.

• 2 Snacks Max - Encourages children to develop the habit of having a healthy mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack.

Take a look at the website : https://startwellbirmingham.co.uk