All nurseries and childcare facilities should ensure that preventing excess weight gain and improving children's diet and activity levels are priorities.

Staff should ensure that children eat regular, healthy meals in a pleasant, sociable environment free from other distractions (such as television). Children should be supervised at mealtimes and, if possible, staff should eat with children.

Nurseries and other childcare facilities should:

• minimise sedentary activities during play time, and provide regular opportunities for enjoyable active play and structured physical activity sessions​

• implement Department for Education, Children's Food Trust and Caroline Walker Trust guidance on food procurement and healthy catering.

All action aimed at preventing excess weight gain, improving diet (and reducing energy intake) and increasing activity levels in children should involve parents and carers.