title: Nutrition education for children under 12 years old in North Staffordshire.
abstract: The paper presents and comments upon findings of a survey carried out in North Staffordshire to ascertain what is taught in and out of school to children under 12 years old about nutrition. The findings include how often nutrition is taught, how and with which subjects it is taught, the type of meals and snacks provided in school and the role of the dietitian in nutrition education.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004046:Dietetics; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D012574:Schools; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods