Archive: Food

Comment: Stop children dying of malnutrition

Justin Forsyth is chief executive of Save the Children

Addressing child malnourishment is a cost-effective way of lifting people out of poverty. So why don't we do something about it?

Save the Children: New plans will help make work pay

NHS hospitals 'failing to tackle malnutrition'

1.6m children still in severe poverty

Govt 'must combat' spiralling food prices

The SDC recommended the government promote food production of fruits and vegetables in the UK.

The government has failed to lay out a plan to tackle spiralling food prices, a report has said.

Cloned meat eaten in UK

Experts say there is no evidence cloned meat is harmful

The meat of the offspring of a cloned cow was eaten in the UK last year, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.

Healthy food 'revolution' established

Change4Life, a new coalition of companies and organisations dedicated to promoting healthy eating has been set up by health secretary Alan Johnson.

Free school meals for Scottish kids

Free school meals are to be rolled out for all Scottish children attending the first three years of primary school.

Compulsory cooking classes launch anti-obesity drive

Schoolchildren to be taught to cook healthy dishes

All schoolchildren will be taught how to cook, the government said today.

Oliver: Govt to blame for school meals downturn

Oliver hits out at un-pukka support from govt

Jamie Oliver has blamed the government for the troubled implementation of his healthier school meals programme.

Obesity red alert

Report warns half of UK will be obese by 2050

Excerpts of a government-commissioned report have revealed half of Britons could be obese within 25 years.

Govt denies healthy school meals have backfired

The Liberal Democrats claim the school meals system has fallen into disarray since the government endorsed Jamie Oliver's campaign for healthier lunches.

DoH launches next step in tackling health inequality

The government has launched a new web-based tool to help reduce the life expectancy gap between England's wealthiest and most deprived areas.

Tory health policy to focus on food, drink and sex

Healthcare should focus on tackling obesity, sexual health and alcohol abuse, the Conservatives have said as they launch a three month consultation on public health.

Parents told to take frontline on child obesity

Govt will help parents make healthy choices

The government has launched a new initiative to help parents recognise the warning signs of childhood obesity and adopt healthier lifestyles.

Ministers 'dithering' on childhood obesity

MPs warn government must act faster on childhood obesity

The government's efforts to tackle childhood obesity have been characterised by "dithering and confusion", MPs have warned today.

Children 'rejecting' healthy school dinners

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver led a drive healthy eating in schools

There has been a sharp fall in the number of children eating school meals following the government's drive to make them healthier, it has emerged.

Schools given extra £240m for healthy lunches

Government pledges extra money to improve school lunches

Schools will get an additional £240 million to help them cook with healthy ingredients as part of a drive to cut childhood obesity, the education secretary has announced.

NHS hospitals 'failing to tackle malnutrition'

Age Concern warns NHS is failing to tackle malnutrition

Hundreds of thousands of older people are suffering from malnutrition in hospitals - partly because nurses do not have the time to help them eat, a new report warns.