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Updated curriculum framework for food education at school

Published Jan 24, 2023

For young people, being food-literate is becoming increasingly important: having the knowledge and skills that enable them to choose healthy and sustainable options. Now and in the future. At every street corner, they are confronted with unhealthy temptations, which are often cheaper than healthy products. In addition, the impact of our dietary patterns on the environment is becoming increasingly visible. To meet these challenges, the food curriculum framework has been updated by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre and the national centre of expertise for curriculum development, SLO.

Updated curriculum framework for food education at school

How do you use it?

The food curriculum framework provides guidance for developers of educational resources and schools when designing programmes and curricula about food. It offers practical tools for addressing food education structurally during the different stages of a child's development. For each age group, it indicates what knowledge they should have when it comes to healthy and sustainable food. By aligning the content as much as possible with the food curriculum framework, you ensure that educational resources are substantively aligned with the national core objectives. Schools can use high-quality interventions as part of the Healthy School approach.

Get started!

Would you like to learn more about the curriculum framework? Visit the webpage. Do you have questions for the Netherlands Nutrition Centre about how you can use the curriculum framework to improve your educational materials? Please get in touch!

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