The FAI is looking to use the power of role models to persuade children to develop healthy eating habits. The 60 page colourful and informative guide has been produced in partnership with Spar in their role as sponsors of the FAI Primary School 5’s programme.
Eating healthier food helps children to concentrate for longer and learn more in school. It also supplies children with the energy they need to perform at their best at sport. Making smarter food choices as children will help them to grow up to become healthier teenagers and adults.
This message is put across in the guide by stars like Robbie Brady who gives his recipe for Banana Bread and Stephanie Roche who goes with Mozarella Chicken in Tomato Sauce.
Dan Horan the FAI Head of Fitness is one of the contributors to the guide alongside Mark Evans and Ellen Roche, who are highly-skilled and qualified nutritionists and dietitians who have helped to supply a great range of healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options.
David Steele, Head Chef for the Ireland teams, prepared each of the meals featured in the guide all of which come with the full list of ingredients needed and cooking methods required to prepare them.
“We are delighted to be involved in the FAI’s Players’ Guide to Healthy Eating,” said Colin Donnelly, Spar Sales Director.
“We are focused on providing a strong healthy offering for kids with our SPAR Better Choices Kids initiative.”
“Our consultant dietitan Ellen Roche makes sure the health and wellbeing needs of SPAR’s consumers are met and she has really enjoyed contributing to this Guide. I hope children across the children benefit from and enjoy this Players’ Healthy Eating Guide.”
“The health and wellbeing of children has always been treated with the highest level of care and detail by the FAI, so this Players’ Healthy Eating Guide ties in exactly with our ethos of child welfare and player development,” added FAI CEO John Delaney.
“The Guide is a fantastic way for children to adopt positive habits from an early age and we are delighted that SPAR have partnered with us on this worthwhile project.”
“From grassroots level right up to the Republic of Ireland senior teams, we always encourage our players to enjoy playing football and being healthy is the best way to do that.”
Also included in the Guide are healthy school lunch ideas broken out von a day by day basis, and an indication of how players take in a balanced diet of fruit, carbs and protein.
The Players’ Guide to Healthy Eating is published in both English and Irish and is available in SPAR outlets nationwide.
It can also be downloaded here
