National Healthy Eating Guidelines for one to four year olds

  • 9 October 2020
National Healthy Eating Guidelines for one to four year olds

The new National Healthy Eating Guidelines for one to four year olds aim to help parents establish good eating habits in their children.

As we face into winter and the daily challenges that COVID-19 poses, feeding our children and indeed ourselves healthily will help our overall physical and mental health.

Developed by nutrition experts in Ireland and based on international evidence, the guidelines include a newly designed children’s food pyramid which will help people understand what their child should be eating, what portion sizes look like and how seldom treats should be given. They also include new advice for parents on Vitamin D for children aged one to four.

There is a suite of resources including the food pyramid for children, meal plans, etc available online to download. 

Healthy Eating Guidelines for Kids - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/da7f19-eat-well/healthy-eating-guidelines-for-kids
Babies and Toddlers Nutrition - https://www2.hse.ie/babies-and-toddlers/nutrition/
Meal Plan age 1 (PDF) - 631 kbs  PDF
Meal Plan age 2 (PDF) - 712 kbs  PDF
Meal Plan age 3 (PDF) - 818 kbs  PDF
Meal Plan age 3 vegetarian (PDF) - 855 kbs  PDF
Meal Plan age 4 (PDF) - 854 kbs  PDF