Young people
Is it the end of all your fave foods at schools? Find out how the changes to school meals will affect you.
Young people
School dinners have had a makeover.
The Government has introduced a number of changes to the traditional school menu over the past few years to improve the standard of school meals and the health of teenagers across the country, which often isn’t great as a result of them not eating healthily.
The changes include meals that use fresh meat and fish, a wider selection of fruit and vegetables and make it easier to get still and sparkling water. The new menus offer you more choice from a range of tasty healthy meals.
Fast facts
Here are a few facts about the health of teenagers that may surprise you:
- It’s estimated that by the year 2020, 30 per cent of boys and 40 per cent of girls will be obese
- Around half of all 15-year-olds have some sort of tooth decay, thanks in part to fizzy drinks
- A single sachet of salt on your lunch gives you two-thirds of the recommended daily amount
Food for thought
Improving your eating habits won’t just do wonders for your health, it can help you out in a number of other ways.
Snacking on fruit instead of packets of crisps and biscuits keeps your skin looking great, while drinking lots of water stops you feeling tired and keeps you hydrated- which helps you get fewer headaches - and means that you’re less likely to reach for that can of fizzy drink.
 | Get Real - the only site that will tell you the real truth about junk food, as well as keep you up to date on all the latest news and campaigns you can get involved in. Click the link to visit the website. |
 | The Really Good School Dinner - This unique campaign gives UK schools the chance to help children in some of the world’s poorest countries by adding just 10p extra to the price of their usual school meal. Every extra 10p donated goes to the World Food Programme and is enough to pay for a whole meal for a child who might otherwise go hungry.Click the link to visit the website. |
Really Good School Dinner Celebrity 10p Appeal
Celebrities including JLS, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, Les Ferdinand and Skins Kaya Scodelario are featured passing on 10 pence pieces to support the Really Good School Dinner campaign led by the School Food Trust and World Food Programme
To sign up your school please log on to
www.getreal.uk.com/really-good-school-dinner
Health Eating Games
 | 'Snack Dash' Speed is the key as you race to collect as many healthy eating points as you can while avoiding the bad guys and keeping up enough energy to get through the course! Click here to play. |
 | 'Rat Rush', To coincide with the launch of the movie Ratatouille, the School Food Trust have joined forces with Disney/Pixar to create our online game. Click here to play. |
Disney's High School Musical 3
The School Food Trust has partnered with Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios and the cast of High School Musical 3 to produce a micro-site around the launch of the movie. Packed with exclusive content such as videos, games, recipes, pictures, wallpapers and competitions. We have sent children to the star studded premiere of the movie and we also have a chance to win a High School Musical themed valentines prom for your school. If you don't know what High School Musical is then where have you been - Mars?
To become part of the global phenomenon click the link below.
www.myhighschoolmusical3.com/sft
Celebrity Posters
The School Food Trust has teamed up with celebrities including Myleene Klass, Frank Lampard and Louisa Lytton to produce this range of posters available here to download.
Get in touch and get on this site!
We’d like to know what you think of your school meals. Are you a fan of the new food range, or are you yearning for the return of fast food? Do you think the standard of your school’s food has improved?
If you’d like to be featured on our website and tell the whole world what you think about your school meals, drop us an email and let us know what you’ve got to say.