A Case Study Exploring Healthy Eating in a KS1 class in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Aim and Purposes1

Research questions2

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Literature on healthy eating7

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY10

Research approaches10

Quantitative and qualitative research methods10

Inductive and deductive reasoning10

Primary and secondary data11

Research design12

Ethical Considerations15

REFERENCES17

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Aim and Purposes

The purpose of this research proposal is to address healthy eating in Key Stage One. The proposal aims to see whether policies, campaigns and legislations implemented by the government has helped schools promote healthy eating towards children, and thus tackle the increasing levels of obesity. The proposal will outline the title, a literature review, which will be supported by four key questions that will be answered by the end of this project. The proposal will also use methodology, which will be supported with data collection and an ethical consideration which will be applied in this proposal. This proposal research is pivotal in examining whether both the government and schools are working together effectively to promote the importance of leading a healthy, balance lifestyle at a young age, and to reduce the levels of child obesity. An unhealthy diet can be detrimental to a child's health and development. A healthier diet gives the child essential nutrients and vitamins in order for growth, development, and a stronger immune system.

Within this research, I aim is to investigate, and explore how healthy eating is promoted to KS1 pupils in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Good nutrition has been vital component in the healthy eating policy. Nutrition is an essential factor determining the growth, and development of a child. Such nutrition for example calcium and protein, vitamins and others all provides the essential energy and nutrients needed to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and promotes physical, emotional and cognitive development. Silberfield (2010) stated “Children require sufficient energy and essential nutrients each day to concentrate on accomplished learning tasks.” Hence, it is crucial that children have a healthy balanced diet with good nutritional value throughout their childhood; this is key to ensure full intellectual development. Schools attempt to give children the opportunity to have a healthy diet, by providing portions of fruit and vegetables on a daily basis. Knowles (2009, pg.1) stated that 'The government outlined these outcomes in the Every Child Matters' to help every child achieve their five outcomes'. One of their outcomes is being healthy, which can be achieved during school. It is very vital for the children to have good nutrition as it helps them to develop holistically. An unhealthy diet with little nutritional value will affect a child's physical and cognitive development to a great extent. As well as eating healthy, we aim to support children develop fine motor skills, for example in fruits, this allows the child to identify the importance of the fruits (cognitive development). This will provide children with the knowledge and skills in making better choices about their diets in their future.

The prospective of this research could be exploring healthy eating in primary schools (KS1). This may be ...