A preschool child in kindergarten and dietary limitations

Diplomsko delo Predšolski otrok v vrtcu in prehranske omejitve je sestavljeno iz dveh delov. Teoretični del zajema opredelitev prehranjevanja v vrtcu, kamor je vključen, opis smernic za prehranjevanje v vzgojno-izobraževalnih ustanovah, kaj določa kurikulum za vrtce glede prehrane, kakšni so dietni režimi v vrtcih ter kakšna so najnovejša priporočila za medicinsko indicirane diete. V nadaljevanju teoretičnega dela pa smo razdelili razloge za različne prehranske omejitve na medicinsko indicirane razloge v svoj sklop in verske ter etične razloge v drug samostojen sklop ter jih podrobneje opisali. Z izvedbo empiričnega dela smo želeli ugotoviti, ali je za otroke s prehranskimi omejitvami v ptujskih vrtcih dobro poskrbljeno in kakšni so pogoji za odobritev dietnega krožnika za predšolskega otroka v teh vrtcih. Tako empirični del zajema tri vodene intervjuje, in sicer z organizatorko prehrane Vrtca Ptuj, ravnateljico Zasebnega vrtca Vilinski gaj in uslužbenko Vrtca Montessori Ptuj, sledi jim pa še analiza posameznega intervjuja. Na podlagi izvedenih intervjujev smo prišli do zaključka, da ptujski vrtci omogočajo diete na podlagi medicinsko indiciranih diet, v enem izmed vrtcev pa pridejo v poštev za dieto tudi razna druga potrdila. Dissertation thesis A preschool child in kindergarten and dietary limitations is composed out of two parts. The theoretical part includes nutrition definition in kindergarten with description of nutrition guidelines valid for educational institutions, what the nutrition curriculum provides for kindergarten and what are the diet programmes and recent recommendations for medically indicated diets. In the continuation of theoretical part, we have divided the reasons for different dietary restrictions, i.e. medically indicated reasons into their own set and religious and ethical reasons to another separate set and describe both sets in more detail. Through the empirical work we wanted to find out whether children with nutritional restrictions in kindergartens in Ptuj are well taken care of and what are the conditions for approving a diet plate for a pre-schooler in these kindergartens. The empirical part covers three guided interviews with the nutrition organizer of Ptuj kindergarten, the headmaster of private kindergarten Vilinski gaj and a staff member of Montessori kindergarten Ptuj, followed by an analysis of each interview. Based on the interviews we have come to conclusion, that kindergartens provide diets based on medically indicated diets and various other certificates are also being considered in one of the kindergartens.