UK schools 'should ban sausages, bacon and milk from menus to keep kids healthy'
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  • Mar 10, 2022
Ban bacon, sausages and milk from schools, demand doctors who warn meat and dairy is ‘bad’ for kids’ health
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  • Mar 8, 2022
Jamie Oliver to meet education secretary over school food plans
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  • Jan 26, 2022
LEYF launches external training course for early years chefs
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  • Jan 17, 2022
Top performing primary school which extended its day to help pupils catch up after Covid now bans pudding from lunchtime
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Primary school bans pudding as it ‘makes pupils tired in the afternoon’
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  • Jan 12, 2022
Why is school food all so... beige?
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  • Dec 5, 2021
Child obesity: Why has the situation got so bad?
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  • Nov 22, 2021
Biggest rise yet in obesity among young children
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  • Nov 16, 2021
One in four children clinically obese as rates see record increase in Covid pandemic
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Severely obese pre-schoolers to be helped by new network of specialist weight-loss clinics
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  • Nov 16, 2021
Modified formula milk not linked to better academic performance
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  • Nov 11, 2021
New research to explore the quality of food served at nurseries
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  • Nov 10, 2021
Healthy nursery menu launched to boost early years nutrition
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Nutrition
  • Oct 13, 2021
Children who eat a nutritious breakfast and more fruit and vegetables have better mental health
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Mental health Nutrition
  • Sep 28, 2021
Five a day gives schoolchildren better mental health, research suggests
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Mental health Nutrition
  • Sep 27, 2021
Is nutrition education enough to help students choose healthier lunch options and reduce plate waste?
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  • Jul 20, 2021
Scrap the school weigh-ins now - they can give kids life-long issues around food
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  • Jul 16, 2021
Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion
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  • Jul 15, 2021
Put Ofsted rated food lessons at centre of curriculum
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  • Jul 15, 2021
School meals, cooking culture and farm tech: key points of the food strategy
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  • Jul 15, 2021
National Food Strategy: The recommendations for schools
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  • Jul 14, 2021
Canteens dish up ‘flexitarian’ school dinners to help keep pupils trim
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  • May 23, 2021
How the government plans to tackle childhood obesity
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  • May 13, 2021
NDNA supports campaign to explore a ‘colourful rainbow of fruit and vegetables’
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  • May 12, 2021
Outrage as Scottish council axes custard and ice cream from school dinner menus
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  • Apr 14, 2021
How to nurture good food and sharing habits for life - Plant and Share Month
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  • Apr 13, 2021
'Unacceptable' school meal with half 'raw' potato slammed as Marcus Rashford shares pic
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  • Mar 12, 2021
Modest, sustainable changes proven key to beating childhood obesity
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  • Mar 9, 2021
Young Food Ambassadors meet with Children’s Minister
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  • Nov 27, 2020
How gardening at school can tackle child obesity
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  • Nov 26, 2020
Growth in teenage dieting raises fears for mental health
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  • Nov 17, 2020
Number of teens dieting rises by a third in 10 years, study suggests
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  • Nov 16, 2020
UK to ban junk food ads online to tackle child obesity
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  • Nov 11, 2020
Ireland ‘failing to keep fast food away from schools’
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  • Nov 9, 2020
Focus on the root causes of obesity says BPS in response to the latest child obesity figures
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  • Nov 2, 2020
Headteachers left speechless by ministerial letter amid school meals campaign
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  • Oct 23, 2020
Heads fuming at 'unbelievable' DfE school meals letter
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  • Oct 23, 2020
Schools slammed for serving up sub-standard grub under new covid rules
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  • Oct 5, 2020
Why schools dinners are leaving pupils hungry
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  • Jul 29, 2020
Unhealthy diets are ‘slow-motion disaster’
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  • Jul 29, 2020
Why lessons in healthy eating will never work
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  • Jul 28, 2020
Childhood obesity: Government bans junk food adverts aimed at young people
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  • Jul 27, 2020
Could restricting junk food advertising reduce obesity?
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  • Jul 27, 2020
Government launches new obesity strategy
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  • Jul 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Snacking and family meals increase in lockdown
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  • Jul 1, 2020
Calls to restart fruit and vegetable scheme in English schools
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  • Jun 30, 2020
Sir Paul McCartney urges government to take meat off school dinner menus
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  • Jun 23, 2020
Children's fruit and veg intake plummets during lockdown
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  • Jun 9, 2020
Nurseries encouraged to join in healthy eating week online cook-a-longs
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  • Jun 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food
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  • Jun 8, 2020
Universal free school meals winning in the fight against childhood obesity
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  • Mar 9, 2020
Importance of health and nutrition in the classroom
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  • Feb 29, 2020
It’s up to parents, not schools, to teach their children how to eat well
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  • Dec 8, 2019
‘Bouncer’ teachers bar pupils from Bristol takeaway
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  • Dec 4, 2019
Police called after school makes teachers guard takeaways ‘like bouncers’ at home time
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  • Dec 3, 2019
Teachers become 'bouncers' at takeway to stop pupils eating unhealthy food
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  • Dec 3, 2019
Scotland: Healthy meal plan may not help poor pupils, expert says
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  • Dec 2, 2019
Pupils may eat less fruit and veg under new rules
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  • Nov 28, 2019
Eating breakfast leads to better GCSE results, researchers find
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  • Nov 26, 2019
Skipping breakfast linked to lower GCSE grades
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Nutrition Attainment Academic achievement
  • Nov 20, 2019
Children who rarely eat breakfast secure lower GCSE grades than classmates, study finds
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  • Nov 20, 2019
The way to tackle the child obesity epidemic? Teach cooking in schools
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  • Nov 18, 2019
Campaigners call for action on fast-food in deprived areas
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  • Nov 12, 2019
Should we eat more fish or more ice-cream to boost PISA scores?
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  • Nov 12, 2019
Just 15% of children hit five-a-day target
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Health Nutrition Scotland
  • Oct 29, 2019
Do we really know what’s in school dinners?
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  • Sep 24, 2019
Children would learn more if they could eat in class
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Nutrition
  • Sep 6, 2019
No-deal papers reveal council fears over food supply
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Brexit School meals Nutrition
  • Aug 19, 2019
Almost half of meals served to young children are too big or too small
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  • Aug 19, 2019
Thousands of Welsh children are fed cancer-causing chemicals in their school dinners
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  • Aug 2, 2019
Why are school lunches still so unhealthy?
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School lunches Health Nutrition
  • Jul 29, 2019
Updated guidance on portion sizes for pre-school children published
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  • Jul 18, 2019
Award winning physical activity and nutrition training courses launch nationwide
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  • Jul 5, 2019
Poorer kids don’t want school meals
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  • Jun 30, 2019
Government urged to enforce mandatory limits on free sugars in baby food
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  • Jun 27, 2019
Labour accuses Government of moving at ‘snail’s pace’ on tackling childhood obesity
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  • Jun 25, 2019
Smoothies ban in Scottish schools ‘threatens five-a-day push’
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  • Jun 14, 2019
New school food regulations aim to reduce children's consumption of red meat
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  • Jun 13, 2019
Smoothies banned as part of school meal shake-up
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  • Jun 13, 2019
Fruit juice and ham off menu in Scotland's school meal overhaul
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  • Jun 13, 2019
Scotland to introduce new healthy eating regulations on school meals
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  • Jun 13, 2019
Call for schools to scrap sugar from school lunches
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  • Jun 12, 2019
Nurseries reducing fresh fruit and vegetable portions given to children amid funding shortfall, charity warns
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  • Jun 11, 2019
Birds eye launches schools partnership to promote healthy eating
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  • Jun 10, 2019
NI schoolchildren 'should receive free fruit or veg'
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Northern Ireland Health Nutrition Free school meals
  • Apr 30, 2019
Call for watchdog to develop policies to improve childhood nutrition
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  • Apr 26, 2019
International School Meals Day: who gets a ‘proper’ dinner, who gets less and who gets nothing?
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  • Mar 14, 2019
Swinney urged to revamp nutrition regulations amid fears over processed meat cancer link
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  • Feb 17, 2019
Children who eat lunch score 18 percent higher in reading tests
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Nutrition Reading Attainment
  • Feb 13, 2019
Brexit threat to school dinners comes as stockpiling intensifies
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  • Jan 31, 2019
Wales launches new food and nutrition guidance for early years settings
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  • Nov 29, 2018
Most parents expect nurseries to be experts in child nutrition
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  • Oct 24, 2018
6 out of 10 teachers say holiday hunger getting worse
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  • Aug 1, 2018
Nanny state to teach pupils how to avoid biscuits to tackle rising childhood obesity
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  • Jul 19, 2018
Ofsted report sparks obesity row
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Obesity, healthy eating and physical activity in primary schools
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Schools not ‘silver bullet’ to tackling childhood obesity
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Schools should stop telling parents how to raise their children, Ofsted report says 
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Schools alone cannot fix childhood obesity, says Ofsted boss
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Schools alone cannot solve childhood obesity crisis, Ofsted warns
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Ofsted says schools can’t fix childhood obesity, but advisory panel members disagree
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  • Jul 18, 2018
Ireland: Takeaway near school challenged
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  • Jul 17, 2018
Ireland: Remove vending machines from schools to cut child obesity, ministers told
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  • Jul 12, 2018
Daily roundup 29 June: Fast food, mental health, and benefits
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  • Jun 29, 2018
Scotland: Pre-schoolers eat a million sweets a week
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  • Jun 20, 2018
Children in England consume more than a year’s worth of sugar in 6 months
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  • Jun 15, 2018
Children consume more than a year’s worth of sugar in 6 months
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  • Jun 15, 2018
Daily roundup 11 June: Fast food, gaming addiction, and tuition fees
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  • Jun 11, 2018
Bakes for breakfast: ‘the reality’ of school food
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  • Jun 8, 2018
Daily roundup 5 June: Gypsy communities, terror conviction, and smoothies
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  • Jun 5, 2018
Fruit juice to be axed in school meals overhaul
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  • Jun 5, 2018
Calls for schools to ban fruit juice
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  • Jun 5, 2018
Scotland: Fight obesity by ditching smoothies, schools told
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  • Jun 4, 2018
Nutrition and the brain
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  • Jun 3, 2018
Dieting associated with risky behaviours in teenage girls
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  • Jun 1, 2018
Ireland: Make home economics mandatory to tackle child obesity, teachers say
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  • May 30, 2018
Daily roundup 29 May: Child obesity, gender, and missing refugees
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  • May 29, 2018
More than 20,000 Year 6 pupils 'severely obese'
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  • May 29, 2018
Tens of thousands of children become severely obese in primary school, figures show
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  • May 29, 2018
Tenfold rise in primary pupil obesity
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  • May 29, 2018
Scotland: Use mealtimes to combat obesity, schools urged
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  • May 21, 2018
Jamie Oliver recruits Welsh five-year-olds in fight against junk food advertisers
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  • May 10, 2018
Take the BNF's healthy eating challenge
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  • May 2, 2018
Ofsted should inspect schools meals - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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  • May 1, 2018
Leeds Beckett academic invited to help shape the way government tackles childhood obesity
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Obesity Academics Health Nutrition
  • Apr 30, 2018
Before banning fast food shops near schools, give pupils a reason to dine in
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  • Apr 25, 2018
The school that shows good food is not just for posh kids | Aditya Chakrabortty
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  • Apr 25, 2018
Would banning fast-food outlets near schools help tackle childhood obesity?
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  • Apr 25, 2018
Doctors urge ban on chip shops near schools
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Health Wellness Nutrition
  • Apr 23, 2018
'Mum didn't have any food' - the rise of pupil hunger
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  • Apr 20, 2018
Schools are hiring Michelin-starred chefs in new campaign backed by Prue Leith
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  • Apr 20, 2018
Prue Leith joins project pushing for better school meals
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  • Apr 19, 2018
Early cooking skills strongly predict future nutritional well-being
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Nutrition Health Wellness
  • Apr 18, 2018
Teach pupils how to be healthy parents, say experts
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  • Apr 17, 2018
Scotland: ‘Disgusting’ school meals push pupils to takeaways
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  • Apr 10, 2018
School lunch decisions made by the child and not the parent
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School meals Nutrition
  • Apr 6, 2018
National Education Conference told of 'malnourished, grey-looking children' turning up to school
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Unions Disadvantaged pupils Poverty Nutrition Neglect
  • Apr 2, 2018
Children as young as two among thousands battling obesity
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  • Feb 16, 2018
Scotland: National chef’s school recipe to counter obesity
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  • Feb 15, 2018
Daily roundup 8 February: Obesity, maternity leave, and misconduct
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  • Feb 8, 2018
Anti-obesity programmes in primary schools 'don't work'
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  • Feb 8, 2018
Schools are not the answer to childhood obesity epidemic, study shows
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  • Feb 8, 2018
School diet and exercise regime failed to reduce pupils’ obesity
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  • Feb 8, 2018
Australia: 'We need to put an end to the lunch box police': Nutritionist and teacher says schools should stop interfering with children's eating
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Nutrition Health Wellness
  • Feb 7, 2018
Number of fast-food shops close to schools rises by two-thirds
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  • Jan 29, 2018
Huge rise in fast food shops a short walk from schools
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  • Jan 29, 2018
Sharon Hodgson MP: School time should be a chance for children to learn, not to worry about hungry tummies
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  • Jan 26, 2018
School bans crisps from children - but headteacher claims she's not the 'food police'
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  • Jan 25, 2018
End Child Poverty coalition: new child poverty figures
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Poverty Funding Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Nutrition
  • Jan 24, 2018
Government pledges pilot projects to tackle holiday hunger
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School holidays Holiday hunger Disadvantaged pupils Poverty Funding Attainment Health Nutrition
  • Jan 24, 2018
Most children in UK's poorest areas now growing up in poverty
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  • Jan 24, 2018
More than half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK
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Poverty Disadvantaged Attainment Nutrition
  • Jan 24, 2018
Pupils' school bags searched for unhealthy food
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Health Nutrition Wellness Secondary schools
  • Jan 10, 2018
Government launches healthy snacking resources for primary schools
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  • Jan 8, 2018
New guidance recommends limit of two 100 calorie snacks for children
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  • Jan 8, 2018
Limit children's snacks to 100 calories, health body says
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  • Jan 2, 2018
Parents urged to count calories in children’s snacks
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Health Obesity Nutrition
  • Jan 2, 2018
Plans to stop takeaways opening near schools to cut childhood obesity
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  • Dec 1, 2017
Fast food nation: do more takeaways near schools affect younger pupils' diets?
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  • Dec 1, 2017
Children in poor areas exposed to five times as many fast food takeaways
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  • Dec 1, 2017
Healthy eating guidance published for the early years sector
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DfE Early years Nutrition
  • Nov 13, 2017
Government launches early years healthy eating drive
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Early years Health Wellness Nutrition Nurseries
  • Nov 13, 2017
Children's Food Trust to close
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Nursery World Food guidelines Nutrition Closures
  • Jul 21, 2017
Global: Nearly half of the world’s poor are now children – that’s 689m young people
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  • Jul 4, 2017
New nutrition course aimed at primary teachers
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  • May 2, 2017