Kayt Horsley, public health development specialist at Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust, has managed a project to train staff in nurseries, children's centres and child minders in the Deepdale and Ingol areas of Preston.

The aim is to promote healthy eating and living in a bid to prevent obesity across central Lancashire.

The PCT wants to encourage children to eat healthily from an early age and felt by training staff, they would become good role models by eating more healthily with the children.

Jackie Heighton-Lewin, a registered dietician organised three training sessions covering healthy eating and weaning, fussy eating and food policy together with training for catering staff around food policy guidelines.

Jackie said: "People were coming up with many sensible changes that they could make which I hope will improve the nutrition of the children."

The healthy food advice included encouraging children to have five portions of fruit or vegetables a day and discouraging the use of processed foods in favour of quality meat and fish or pulses such as red kidney beans and chick peas.

People were also encouraged to get children to try different foods and to make meal times fun and interesting by using play.

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