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There are a number of healthy eating initiatives going on just now and lots of web sites full of interesting information. We would recommend that you look at the following for more specific health advice or nutritional advice:
Food Standards Agency
www.food.gov.uk
Health Scotland
British Nutrition Foundation
www.nutrition.org.uk
Specifically for teachers - nutritional information can be found on the following web sites:
British Nutrition Foundation
www.nutrition.org.uk/education.html
Department for Education and skills
www.defs.gov.uk/schoollunches
Design and technology Association
www.data.org.uk
Eating Disorders Association
www.eda.co.uk
Food Standards Agency
www.food.gov.uk
Healthy Living
www.healthylivingscotland.gov.uk
Lifebytes
www.lifebytes.gov.uk
Mind, Body and Soul
www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk
Wired for Health
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk
Alternative/Printed resource
Catering for Health (Food Standards Agency)
Dish it UP CD-Rom (Food Standards Agency)
Interactive Food facts CD-Rom (British Nutrition Foundation)
Nutrition, Health and Schoolchildren Briefing Paper (British Nutrition Foundation)
Dates for your Diary
No Smoking Day - 10th March
www.nosmokingday.org.uk
World Water Day - 22nd March
www.worldwaterday.org
Fairtrade Fortnight - 1-14 March
www.fairtrade.org.uk
British Sandwich Week - 9-15 May
www.sandwich.org.uk
All Day Breakfast - 12th March
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Food Champions Group
Consumer education, food composition, lifelong learning, public procurement and marketing were all areas earmarked as requiring more detailed attention. For a list of all 17 of Scotland’s Food Champions click here.
Hungry for Success - A whole school approach to school meals in Scotland
Three Hungry for Success roadshows, held in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh highlighted the need for the various sectors to work together and for different areas of the country to learn from each others experiences. Any information thought to be useful can be found on the school meals website www.scotland.gov.uk/education/schoolmeals/
QMS Healthy Initiatives
- Sponsorship of Glasgow Schools Culinary Excellence Programme
- Creation of Balanced Plate Concept for the Food Champions Group
- School Cook of the Year Competition
- Mobile phone texting competition
- Careers in Scotland Roadshows
- Recipe Book for young sportspeople
- School demonstrations in Dingwall High School - 18th February and Sanqhuar Primary- 15th March
- Computer prize for top Scottish Student in Home Economics 2003
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