Little Leithers Training Sessions
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As part of the little leithers project a series of five training sessions are held. These sessions aim to raise people’s awareness of healthy eating and cover a wide range of topics.
These sessions are available for people working with parents and/or children under 5 years of age who live in the Leith community. The sessions are also open to parents interested in increasing their knowledge about different food issues. The sessions can be changed according to the needs of the different groups. Sessions that have occurred so far are ´Adult Summer Programme´ Sessions. These were a series of 6 sessions for parents during the Dr. Bell°s summer programme. They included, Exotic Smoothie tasting, Brain food, Sugar, Salt and Fat facts, Calming foods, Loving the leaves and food and skincare. All of the sessions were well received by the parents and there was very positive feedback.
Brief outlines of these sessions are as follows:
Session 1 Barriers to Health
Looking at different barriers people experience, including how to cook simple dishes and make them tasty, with the smallest of a budget, how to make sense of eating healthily, eating a balanced diet and how to get your 5-a-day.
Session 2 Reading Food Labels
Making sense of what is in all food products. Look at the amount of sugar/fat/salt in popular foods and drinks before learning how to read and make sense of the food labels.
Session 3 Weaning
Learn what tastes good as a weaning food. The dos and don´ts when weaning. How to prepare and store weaning food. How to make weaning foods with a small budget.Comparision between commercial products and home made weaning foods.
Session 4 Healthy Lunches
Useful for those with children going to school or nursery. Combining skills learnt on session 1 with those learnt in session 2 to make that perfectly balanced healthy lunch.
Session 5 Food and Health
This course captures all the information around food, health during the life stages and community health and delves into them in more detail. Ideal for groups working in the community who want to improve their knowledge about food and nutrition. This is an accredited course from Rehis (Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland). The course either lasts one full day or two mornings, with a short exam at the end.