Links

Links

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Reports and research

Nutritional value of primary school lunches
Findings from research carried out by the Department for Education and Skills (now the Department for Children, Schools and Families DCSF) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in 2005 comparing food consumption and nutrient intakes in primary schools with the statutory Nutritional Standards for school lunches and the Caroline Walker Trust Guidelines.

• Report from the Department for Education and Skills
• Report from the Food Standards Agency

Nutritional value of secondary school lunches
Findings from research carried out by the DfES and the FSA in 2003 comparing food consumption and nutrient intakes in secondary schools with the statutory Nutritional Standards for school lunches and the Caroline Walker Trust Guidelines.

• Report from the Department for Education and Skills
• Report from the Food Standards Agency

Healthy eating in schools

• Healthy Schools
  A Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills programme to assist schools to adopt a whole-school approach to improving children's health.
• Healthy Living Blueprint for Schools
  This document serves as a government blueprint for healthier school children.
• Department for Education and Skills: School Lunches
  Complements current standards, with advice on offering varied and balanced meals.
• Teachernet: Growing Schools
  A government programme which aims to connect young people with their environment, both urban and rural and use the ‘outdoor classroom’.
• Food in Schools
  A Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills programme that aims to help schools implement a whole school approach to food, education and healthy eating.
• Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) initiative to encourage consumption of sustainable food in schools and other sites.
• School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
  Part of the 5-A-DAY programme, aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
• Healthy Eating in Schools
  Advice and information on how you can serve healthy, nutritious, tasty food to children in school.
• Food for Life Partnership
  Lottery funded programme working to transform food culture in schools and communities. 180 diverse schools from across England will be selected to go through a rapid process of food culture transformation in order to share their learning with other schools and communities.
• Focus on Food
  The is all about cooking. It inspires and enables young people and the wider community to cook and trains teachers, youth and community group leaders and health professionals to teach young people and adults how to select, prepare and cook healthy food.
  

Healthy eating outside school

• Food Standards Agency
  Independent Government department established to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food..
• Caroline Walker Trust
  A Charity dedicated to the improvement of public health through good food.
• Feed Me Better
  Campaign fronted by Jamie Oliver to challenge the junk food culture by serving nutritious meals that children enjoy.
• Eat Well
  The Food Standards Agency's practical nutrition advice for people of all ages.
• The Soil Association
  The UK's leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming.
• Year of Food and Farming
  The Year of Food and Farming starts September. It aims to reconnect children with food and the countryside and promote healthy living through a campaign based on direct experience of food, farming and the countryside.
  "The Year for Food and Farming is a great, overdue, initiative to connect children with the food they eat. Anything that persuades our children to eat good, fresh, local produce is very welcome indeed." Prue Leith, Chair: School Food Trust
  
• Kids and Nutrition
  Tips and information on giving your baby or child the right nutrition that can set them up for life!
• London Food
  London Food helped to develop the Mayor of London's Food Strategy, Healthy and Sustainable Food for London, which was launched in May 2006 and sets a vision to improve the health of Londoners and make London's food system sustainable over the ten years to 2016. One of the priority action areas of the Strategy is "Delivering Healthy Schools".
• Teen Weightwise
  Developed, and is managed by, the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and funded by a project grant from the Department of Health, this is an independent site, with unbiased, easy-to-follow hints and tips - based on the latest evidence - to help you manage your weight for good.
• www.salad-recipes.co.uk
  Free hot and cold salad and salad dressing recipes, health and nutrition information and salad leaf facts.

Other Links

• National Child Measurement Programme
  The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) weighs and measures children in to assess overweight and obese levels.
  Find the NCMP results for your area: www.ncmp.ic.nhs.uk/results.asp