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SENSE is the original network of professional nutrition consultants who work on a self employed basis. Members have a wealth of skills and experience. A register of members gives contact details of members and lists details of their expertise.
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The National Governors' Council, working with the Foods Standards Agency, is keen to encourage governing bodies to take the lead in promoting healthy food in schools.
If you are a governor with a story to tell about initiatives in your school please e-mail Lindy Hardcastle on
lindy@flaxfield.demon.co.uk
For useful information for governors, visit website and click on Food Standards
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Welcome to Water for Health
Water for Health is a water industry initiative to guide and inform health professionals and health authorities, to stimulate interest and research, and to help move water up the public health agenda.
Water UK has established the Water for Health Alliance. This has broad support among professionals who understand the relationship between water services and public health. The Alliance will work closely with government and health authorities to influence policy.
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Brakes,
the leading supplier of food to caterers.
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The
Food Commission is the UK's leading consumer watchdog on food issues. The
Food Commission is completely independent of both the government and the
food industry and campaigns for safer, healthier food, reporting on such
issues as genetically modified food, food irradiation, additives,pesticides,
food labelling and food advertising. |
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The
BNF promotes the nutritional wellbeing of society through the impartial
interpretation
and effective dissemination of scientifically
based nutritional knowledge and advice. Working in partnership with academic
and research institutes, the food industry, educators and government, to
influence all in the food chain, government, the professions and the media. |
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Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and
agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of
people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote
equity and enrich society and culture.
We represent around 100 national public interest organisations working at
international, national, regional and local level. |
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DATA
is the recognised professional association which represents all those
involved
in design and technology education and associated subject areas. DATA
is an educational charity and a company limited by guarantee. The objective
of the association is to "promote the advancement of education
and in particular but not exclusively to support, encourage, promote,
develop
and maintain design and technological education in all its branches.
Tel: 01789 473 911 |
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Rowett
Research Institute
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The
NHF is a leading alliance of more than 40 organisations working to reduce
the risk of coronary heart disease in the UK. Member organisations represent
the medical and health services, professional bodies, consumer groups and
voluntary organisations. |
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Young at heart is a major policy development initiative of
the National Heart Forum. Its aim is to ensure through effective policy
action, that every child born into the UK should be able to live to the
age of at least 65 free from avoidable coronary heart disease. |
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The Food Standards Agency is an independent
food safety watchdog set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect
the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
Advice for You
Practical answers to your nutrition questions, whether you’re a
parent with a young baby, have a growing child to feed, or if you’re
trying for a baby. Includes advice aimed specifically at men and older
people, and information on food and sport and vegetarian diets. (Also
includes teenagers needs). |
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The
national Water is Cool in School Campaign aims to improve
the quality of provision and
access to fresh drinking water for children
in UK primary and secondary schools. The Campaign was launched in September
2000 by ERIC (The Enuresis Resource and Information Centre), the UK children’s
medical charity that provides information, advice and support on childhood
bedwetting, daytime wetting, constipation and soiling for families and
health professionals. |
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The Health Development Agency (HDA) identifies the evidence
of what works to improve people's health and reduce health inequalities.
In partnership with professionals, policy makers and practitioners, it
develops guidance and works across sectors to get evidence into practice. |
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Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) is a group of specialists who
have carried out many of the studies on salt and its effects on health.
It is working to reach a consensus with the food industry, the Department
of Health and the Food Standards Agency over the harmful effects of a
highsalt diet, and bring about a reduction in the amount of salt in processed
foods as well as salt added to cooking, and the table.
This year we are particularly concentrating on the salt content of children's
diets and the harmful effects it has on their health now and in the future. |
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The Focus on Food Campaign was founded by the RSA (Royal Society
for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) as a flagship
education initiative in 1998. The Campaign aims to raise the profile and
importance of practical food education and help secure, sustain and strengthen
the position and status of food in the National Curriculum. The work focuses
on the making of food as the key experience in learning about the social
importance of food.
Focus
on Food provides free resources to schools and training and workshops
for teachers and pupils using the Cooking Bus, a huge pantechnicon that
expands to form a fully equipped state of the art food area for 16 teachers
or pupils.
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CPAG promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly,
of poverty among children and families with children. We work to ensure
that those on low incomes get their full entitlement to welfare benefits.
In our campaigning and information work we seek to improve benefits and
policies for low-income families, in order to eradicate the injustice of
poverty. |
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SHEU offers a range of survey, research and evaluation services to all those concerned with the health and social development of young people. To date, SHEU has worked with many people from a variety of backgrounds including: Children's Fund Programmes, National Healthy School Schemes, Drug Action Teams, Primary Care Trusts, The Police, Health Promotion Units, Health and Education Authorities, Government and University Departments and at local level within the FE/HE sectors.SHEU also publishes reports, including the "Young People in..." series and the journal 'Education and Health'. |
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Food For Life is run in partnership with The Soil Association and sponsored by Organix Brands. It is campaigning for local & organic school meals and food education. It is undertaking practical research and a pilot project to explore the barriers to achieving a new quality benchmark for school meals and food education in schools. The pilot project is working with 5 self-selecting schools and began in March 2003. |
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