Healthy Eating
For
Healthy Schools

A Guide for Governors

 Healthy Schools Programme- Healthy Eating-module - 1st November 2005

Food in Schools - Showing how the various strands of the food in schools programme can help schools to develop an effective food policy.

Identification of government targets for school meals and the implications for schools.

presented by

Joe Adolphe, LEA, PHSCE Consultant
Allyson Lloyd, LEA, Catering Contract Manager

Is there a problem?

*       69% of three year-olds could identify 

                  but 50% of four year-olds did not know their name.

*      Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 25 years

*       Nearly 1 in 6 British children is overweight; 6% are obese.

*      1 in 4 girls and 1 in 5 boys overweight or obese

*      Intakes of fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar exceed the recommendations (NDNS, 2000)

Who's problem is it?

Government beginning to raise concerns

*     National Audit Office

*      Select committee report on obesity

*      Every child matters

*      Childrens NSF

*      Healthy Living Blueprint

*      Choosing Health

School dinners and healthy eating 

"It's all that junk food that kids eat nowadays"

*       Food safety and food quality

*       Foods eaten are more energy dense.

*      Soft drink consumption has increased by almost 500% in the last 50 years and are the largest source of added sugars in the diet.

*       Consumption of fast foods tracks from childhood into adolescence.

                 ..................."It's all the adverts promoting unhealthy foods"

*     TV watching displaces other active behaviours

*       Snacking while watching TV

*     Correlations between TV watching and children?s requests for healthy foods

*      Obesogenic environment vs Healthy eating environment

What's the solution?