Abstract

 
 
 Eating habits develop during the first years of a child's life, children learn what, when, and how much to eat through direct experience with food and by observing the eating habits of others. The aim of this study is to get a clear picture of the Eating program Healthy, starting from the planning, implementation, supervision, and evaluation as a case study of nutrition education; to get information about the advantages, disadvantages and effects of implementing a healthy eating program for children. This research was conducted through a case study with qualitative data analysed using Miles and Huberman techniques. Sample of children in Ananda Islāmic School Kindergarten. The results showed the Healthy Eating program could be implemented well, the diet was quite varied and could be considered a healthy and nutritious food. The visible impact is the emotion of pleasure experienced by children, children become fond of eating vegetables, and make children disciplined and responsible. Inadequate results were found due to the limitations of an adequate kitchen for cooking healthy food, such as cooking activities still carried out by the cook himself at the Foundation's house which is located not far from the school place; use of melamine and plastic cutlery for food; the spoon and fork used already uses aluminium material but still does not match its size; does not involve nutritionists.
 Keywords: Early Childhood, Eating Healthy Program
Highlights
Throughout the ages, malnutrition and food scarcity have been a major threat to children, healthy survival, and parental feeding practices have developed in response to these threats
Eating habits develop during the first years of a child's life, children learn what, when, and how much to eat through direct experience with food and by observing the eating habits of others
The purpose of this study is to get a clear picture of the implementation of the Healthy Eating program (EHP), starting from planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating as a case study of nutrition education from a sample of children in kindergarten Ananda Islamic School; to obtain information on the benefits and limitations of the program from implementing healthy eating patterns and the impact of the Healthy Eating program for children
Summary
Throughout the ages, malnutrition and food scarcity have been a major threat to children, healthy survival, and parental feeding practices have developed in response to these threats. Research related to the dietary habits of children in Indonesia carried out by Sekiyama, Roosita, and Ohtsuka (2012) to assess the impact of snack consumption on 154 children aged 1-12 years in rural villages in West Java, a 3-hour food withdrawal survey for all food and snacks consumed in seven consecutive days for each subject. Their overall prevalence is inhibited and less severe is 69.5% and 35.7%. Given the high consumption of snacks ≥7 In the school age group, an appropriate school nutrition program should be promoted
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