Education
Number of obese babies treated in hospital doubles - figures reveal
The hospital treated 24 babies and toddlers under three years old for obesity in 24, up from 15 in 2014, four in 2013, two in 2012 and just one in 2011.
Eden Foodservice launches school drawing competition
The competition aims to support the current curriculum, whilst highlighting the important role school food plays in getting pupils ready to learn.
Children’s Food Trust's head of nutrition awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List
Mucavele has been at the forefront of the charity’s work over the last decade developing national school food standards and the first guidelines to help young children eat better.
Barking and Dagenham schools serve up 20,000 festive Christmas dinners
Councillor Lynda Rice, said: “It was fantastic to see so many smiling faces as the young people tucked into healthy and mouth-watering festive food.
Clearer guidance needed on specialist childhood obesity services - research suggests
A Sheffield-based weight management programme, SHINE, and a Leeds Beckett researcher believe there is currently a lack of direction and guidance for severely obese children in young people in acces
Harrison crowns 2015 Chef of the Year
Dave Wadner, chef manager at Motability Operations Ltd in Bristol, won Hospitality Chef of the Year, and Naseema Rasheed, catering manager at Coston Primary School in Ealing, won School Chef of the
Sodexo achieves Gold Food for Life Catering Marks at two universities
Paul Anstey, CEO Universities, Sodexo UK & Ireland, Benelux and Nordics, said: “Sodexo is thrilled to have achieved the Soil Association’s Gold Food for Life Catering Mark at Greenwich and Sout
Government urged to act on the 'scandal of hunger' in new report
The Feeding Britain report - A route map to ending hunger as we know it in the United Kingdom calls on the Government to introduce an equivalent to the Cobra committee - used in response to emergen
Francis Combe Academy student wins national recipe competition
This competition involved students from schools across the UK designing original British recipes, with winners eating free in their school restaurants for a fortnight and having their dishes cooked