February 2010: Issue 14
News and Updates
Food Access
Million Meals Case Studies
The Million Meals Team have put together some case studies to show you how other schools are
increasing their take up and improving the school lunch experience.
Please visit and logon at www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/millionmeals
Ludworth Primary School in Stockport, set up the ‘Fruity Fridays’ tuck shop to provide pupils with healthy
snacks at break times. Pupil involvement was the key to success! The children at Ludworth Primary School
trialled new snacks, carried out pupil surveys and even ran the stall. ‘Fruity Fridays’ has been incredibly
successful with pupils and teachers alike and has become a self sustaining venture.
Beechen Cliff Secondary School in Bath, employed inspirational Head Chef Tim Fletcher to create new and
imaginative menus. Healthy eating messages have also been incorporated into the school curriculum to get
the pupils engaged and excited about school food. As a result the school has seen a remarkable increase in
take up over the last two years.
And coming soon….
Bentley New Village Primary School in Doncaster recently won our School of the Month Competition. The
school implemented a packed lunch policy to improve the quality of food pupils were bringing into the
school. Role models and sports personalities such as players from Rotherham F.C have been invited into the
school to raise the profile of healthy eating. The teaching staff at Bentley New Village Primary School have
inspired pupils, to encourage their parents, to learn about healthy food choices and prepare nutritional
snacks.
Food and Alcohol – Making the Right Connections
The Centre for Public Health Research at Liverpool John Moores (LJM)University has
produced a report called ‘Alcohol and Food: Making the Right Connections’. The report explores the
relationship between alcohol and food and calls on policy makers to address the links between the two in
order to maximise the effectiveness of public health responses.
http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=613
Pizza and Salt
You might be interested in the work CASH undertook for the FSA looking at salt content in pizzas and ways it
might be brought down in small independent restaurants. Published at the beginning of January, the story
and report can be found at: http://www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating/healthycatering/cateringbusiness/pizza
The project worked with 20 small independent Italian restaurants to develop and trial a tool kit to lower salt
content in pizzas. The headline results are:
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Salt reduction information was well-received if the information was provided face-to-face, with 60%
of owners indicating they would use the tips.
Even where information was sent by post without previous contact 33% of these restaurants still
stated they would use the salt reduction tips.
Nutrition analysis of the pizzas indicated a downward trend for salt following the introduction of the
toolkit, but this was not statistically significant
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The next steps will be to consider the best way to roll this out more widely to independent Italian
restaurants, which will include piloting with LAs as part of the small business work.
WMRAF Newsletter
http://www.ruralnetworkwm.org.uk/documents/100205-News_%20letter_%20issue-15.doc
REPORT OF FSA PILOT SHOP INTERVENTION
This report summarises approaches and findings of the recent pilot intervention undertaken as part of the
Food Standards Agency (FSA)’s regional Sandwich Shop Initiative (SSI).
The overall purpose of the SSI is to investigate how small sandwich shops might influence food choices
towards healthier options without impacting (negatively) on bottom line sales.
Audit Commission Report
According to a newly published Audit Commission report, despite more than £10 billion of investment to try
and improve the health of under-fives there has not been widespread improvements in health outcomes.
The report says that while Local Authorities (LAs) and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are aware of the key health
issues affecting the under-fives in their areas, this is not always reflected in strategic plans, and is rarely given
priority in Local Area Agreements (LAAs).
http://tinyurl.com/ygy4htd
Treating childhood obesity through lifestyle change interventions. A briefing paper for
commissioners
This briefing paper aims to support commissioners by providing a brief guide to current best available
evidence on effective treatment interventions for children and young people who are overweight or obese.
http://www.noo.org.uk/NOO_pub/briefing_papers
Service Level Agreements: A Guide on how to get the best school meals service for your
school from your Council
Education Leeds have developed a general guidance document to assist primary, secondary schools, pupil
referral units, special inclusive learning centres and children’s centres to help negotiate a Service Level
Agreement (SLAs) with your Council catering provider.
The guidance document, which draws on good practice from across Leeds schools and national evidence,
signposts schools to key documents, and sets out mandatory requirements for both the school and the
catering provider, and fosters a partnership approach.
The guide can also support self-catering schools to develop their in-house school meals business plan.
The guidance is available on www.educationleeds.co.uk/schoolmeals
Food Synthesis Review: Summary and full report
The review synthesises findings from a wide range of existing research on consumer attitudes and
behaviours to food and environment.
It is structured around Defra's three food-related headline behavioural goals: 'adopt a lower impact diet'; 'eat
locally in season food'; and 'waste less food', as set out in Defra's framework for pro-environmental
behaviours. Two cross-cutting aspects were also included: food choice and the supply chain.
The summary and full report are available by following the link here.
http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID
Change4Life One Year On: in support of Healthy Weight Healthy Lives
Change4Life, which launched to the public in January 2009, is the social marketing part of the Healthy
Weight, Healthy Lives cross-governmental strategy for England. In its first year, Change4Life focussed on
those families with children aged 5-11, who were at greatest risk of becoming overweight or obese. This
report looks at how Change4Life has performed against the targets set out in the Change4Life marketing
strategy, together with what had been learned about using marketing to influence behaviour one year on.
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Final report of pilot
shop intervention 22-1-1
SFT Survey
According to a survey by the School Food Trust, more than three quarters of primary school children are
taking vegetables and salad to school as part of their school lunch – following the introduction of mandatory
standards for school food. With few exceptions, the average meals taken by children met the new standards
for school lunch.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the findings from its National Diet and Nutrition
Survey (NDNS) 2008-2009. The survey found that while the nation is eating less saturated fat, trans fats and
sugar than it did a decade ago, the consumption of saturated fats and sugar is still higher than recommended
levels. While more adults are eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables ad day, the
population as a whole is not eating enough fibre.
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2010/feb/ndnsyr1
The Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board was set up in 2008 to work with a wide range of
organisations on five key priorities: to raise awareness of the link between nutrition and good health; to
ensure that accessible guidance is available across all sectors; to encourage nutritional screening using health
and social care services; to encourage provision and access to relevant training; and to clarify standards and
strengthen inspection and regulation. The Board has just published its independent progress report.
http://tinyurl.com/yjmc959
Guidance to improve the quality of life of looked after children
The majority of children and young people enter into care after suffering abuse or neglect or from family
problems. NICE and the Social Care Institute for Excellence
(SCIE) have issued joint draft ‘Guidance to improve the quality of life of looked after children’, for
consultation. The guidance includes a range of draft recommendations to promote the physical and
emotional health and well-being of looked-after children and young people.
The consultation ends in 14 April.
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=folder&o=47410
Controlling fast food outlets
Articles from the Observer
Rayner.pdf
Observer 28 Feb.pdf
Training and Events
Lets Get Cooking Training for Extended Schools Co-ordinators
Visit www.foodwm.org.uk/bfc for more information
Free sustainable schools event in Nottingham 11th March.
Delegates also get a copy of NCSL Sustainable Schools Toolkit
http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/events/events-item.htm?id=32909
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Pharmacy and Public Health Event
Tuesday, 2nd March
NHS_West_Midlands.
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Social Marketing Training
Due to demand for the social marketing training courses in the region additional training courses are now
available. If anyone would like to attend any of these training course please email
traininganddevelopment@nsmcentre.org.uk and complete the attached booking form.
NSMC_Booking_form
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02 Mar – Getting started – Derby
09 Mar – Insight – Derby
09 Mar – Evaluating – Birmingham
23 Mar – Procuring – Derby
24 Mar – Procuring – Birmingham
Evaluating Food, Physical Activity & Weight Management Interventions
Please find attached a flyer and application form for the above course to be held at the Riverside Centre,
Derby on 28 & 29 April 2010.
If you would like to register your interest for this course, please complete the attached application form and
return
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