{"id":1075,"date":"2022-01-14T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:34:58","slug":"healthy_eating_policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/healthy_eating_policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1075\" class=\"elementor elementor-1075\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33575c30 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"33575c30\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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elementor-element elementor-element-ea1c653\" data-id=\"ea1c653\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1cb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e1cb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The aim of this policy is to educate stakeholders (parents, student and educators) to learn to make healthier options when consuming food and drink, while raising awareness about the dangers of processed food, obesity and lack of physical activity.<\/h4><h4><u>General reminders:<\/u><\/h4><ul><li><h4>Avoid food items which have a high salt content, or high fat content or high sugar content.<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>ONLY plain water is allowed at school.<\/h4><\/li><li><h4><strong>NUTs must be avoided due to allergies!<\/strong><\/h4><\/li><\/ul><h4><u>Prohibited Food:<\/u><\/h4><ul><li><h4>Fried Food<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Potato chips<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Salami, bacon, luncheon meat, mortadella and corned beef<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Highly processed food e.g. sausages, burgers, chicken nuggets, spring rolls, etc.<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Pizzas with high fat\/salt toppings, such as sausages, salami, pepperoni and cheese.<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Pastizzi, sausage rolls and hot dogs.<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Chocolates, sweets, biscuits and pastries e.g. doughnuts<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Dessert Yoghurts<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Breakfast cereals and cereal bars<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Bagged savoury snacks<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Ready-to-use dips, ready-to use salad dressings and sauces<\/h4><\/li><li><h4>Sweetened and flavoured drinks<\/h4><\/li><\/ul><p>As per national guidelines, the school reserves the right to celebrate occasionally traditional food (both local and from different cultures) to promote traditions e.g. Figolla, Qag\u0127aq tal-G\u0127asel, Pinjolata, etc. Once again, the aim is to EDUCATE! Thus, when such food is presented, we commit ourselves to educate the students about the importance of creating a balance.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68a6e1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68a6e1b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-933fbe7\" data-id=\"933fbe7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba24eb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba24eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dietery-Guidelines-Infants-and-Children.pdf\">Dietary Guidelines For Infants and Young Children<\/a><\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2101\" src=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Diet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"321\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Diet.jpg 468w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Diet-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Diet-230x158.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Diet-350x240.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73811d1\" data-id=\"73811d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d590f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d590f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fun-Healthy-Recipes-for-School-Lunchboxes.pdf\">Fun Healthy Recipes for School Lunchboxes<\/a><\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2100\" src=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lunch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lunch.jpg 417w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lunch-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lunch-230x239.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lunch-350x363.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Regina College, Carmela Sammut, Mosta Primary A School Facebook-f Envelope \u200b Healthy Eating and Healthy Living Policy The aim of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrc.mostaa.skola.edu.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}