a teacher’s guide to supporting lunchtimes.

Lunchtimes Packed with Purpose is a guide developed by the National Nutrition Foundation and The Embrace Collective, offering practical tips to help teachers navigate lunchtime challenges and support children to build positive, lifelong relationships with food and their bodies.

this guide contains.

• Helpful food-related topics to talk about (and role model) in front of children
• Tips for navigating common lunchtime challenges
• Ways you can support childrens’ autonomy at lunchtime
• A toolkit of additional resources
• A printable cheatsheet

With around a third of a child’s daily food intake happening at school, food naturally becomes part of everyday classroom life. Mealtimes offer valuable opportunities for teachers to help students build positive, lifelong relationships with food and their bodies. This free, evidence-based guide is here to support you in making the most of these moments.