Healthy eating
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‘Grow your own school dinners’ is Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s suggestion to help tackle childhood obesity in the capital. Nearly one in four children in the city is classed as obese. This figure rises to one in three by the time they are aged 11. Fast food exclusion zones around schools...
Posted: 26 January 2010 | 10:41
Leading doctors have called for a ban on trans fats as part of a manifesto to improve the nation’s health.
The Faculty for Public Health and the Royal Society for Public Health, which together represent almost 10,000 health specialists, made the recommendation as part of a 12-point plan to improve health...
Posted: 18 January 2010 | 11:19
The Conservatives are to call on restaurants and retailers to reduce their food portions in a bid to curb obesity. The party revealed the aim in its new green paper on health, called A Healthier Nation.
Posted: 13 January 2010 | 16:15
Just 1% of packed lunches for primary schoolchildren come up to the nutritional standards set for school meals in England, a new report has found. A team of researchers from Leeds University examined 1,300 schoolchildren's lunchboxes and found that healthy foods like fruit and vegetables...
Posted: 12 January 2010 | 10:29
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has won a prestigious US award for his efforts to tackle the obesity epidemic affecting much of the developed world. The 2010 TED Prize, a $100,000 (£62,445) grant and “an opportunity to realise a wish to change the world”, was awarded to Oliver...
Posted: 08 January 2010 | 16:13
The Government’s Food 2030 strategy published yesterday by Defra has been welcomed by the School Food Trust (SFT), who praised its emphasis on school meals. The strategy highlights school lunches within a series of actions aimed at encouraging healthier, more sustainable diets...
Posted: 06 January 2010 | 12:17
The industry can look back on 2009 with relief that predictions of widespread carnage had been exaggerated. Many businesses have proved resourceful in the face of economic meltdown, but the year hasn't been without its casualties, as Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 23 December 2009 | 12:24
Chefs are the unhealthiest workers in Britain, according to new research. The study of 3,000 workers by healthcare cash plan provider Medicash found that despite working in a kitchen, the average chef has 12 snacks of crisps, chocolate bars or biscuits each week...
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 12:09
Calorie information could soon be a regular feature on menus across the UK according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) following ‘productive’ trials with 21 catering companies over the summer. According to Gillian Merron, Minister for Public Health, the first group of businesses ...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 13:17
Obesity in children may be ‘levelling off’ according to a report published today by the National Heart Forum, giving healthy school meals campaigners a spark of hope. New data analysis found that the rate of increase in obesity levels across the country may be in decline, following a relentless rise ...
Posted: 03 November 2009 | 16:29
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck, Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced this week. Gordon Ramsay has parted company with the chief financial officer ...
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 14:54
Legislation forcing New York restaurants to put calorie information on their menus is leading to diners making healthier choices, Government research has revealed. In July 2008, New York became the first US city to require chain restaurants to post calorie counts in large type on menu boards.
Posted: 27 October 2009 | 12:11
A Glasgow couple have announced plans to open what they claim will be the UK’s first “cooking club” and restaurant next month. The venture, called Cookie, will incorporate a restaurant, bar, deli and shop as well as the cooking club...
Posted: 23 October 2009 | 09:00
The Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) has been accepted by the Government as a Change4Life partner, with immediate effect. The Change4Life initiative is sponsored by the Department of Health and revolves around encouraging the general public to adopt healthier lifestyles by eating better and exercising more.
Posted: 22 October 2009 | 10:50
Children who visit fast-food chains are regularly consuming almost half their recommended daily calories in a single meal, according to new research by Which? magazine. On their last visit to a fast food restaurant the survey found that children had consumed 45% of their recommended daily allowance: 947 calories on average in Burger King; 912 at KFC; and 868 at McDonald’s.
Posted: 24 September 2009 | 00:01
The School Food Trust has awarded the Folkestone Academy in Kent £5,000 in its School of the Month competition in recognition of its promotion of healthy eating. The Academy won the award for their efforts to encourage more pupils to eat a nutritious lunch everyday.
Posted: 23 September 2009 | 08:00
Selfridges food hall is to play host to the latest concession of the rapidly-expanding salad bar chain Chop’d. The latest opening adds to the brand’s six retail outlets across London and Chop’d hopes to capitalise on the high footfall of the prime site of the store and the Oxford Street ...
Posted: 07 September 2009 | 09:00
Inadequate nutrition of the elderly in care homes has been an issue for decades. In the first part of our in-depth look at healthcare, we ask if the long-awaited implementation report on the 2007 Nutrition Action Plan could finally usher in change? Janie Stamford reports.
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 10:37
Britain’s schoolchildren spend £646m on junk food breakfasts according to a shock report, and parents confess they are unable to do anything about it. Almost one quarter of all 7-14-year-olds are feasting on biscuits, cakes and meat snacks such as Peperami on the way to school and ...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 07:00
In the second part of our spotlight on healthcare, Emily Manson discovers the challenges of catering to the sector and specialist frozen meal supplier Apetito provides recipes.
Posted: 03 September 2009 | 12:57
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