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A Lot of Organics
www.alotoforganics.co.uk
A new UK search engine with a database of over 1,000 organic, ethical, fair trade and eco-friendly companies offering products and services, ranging from organic food, to furniture using sustainable methods.
Baby Organix
www.babyorganix.co.uk/report/25a.asp
Online review of industry practices in producing food for children. The website includes lots of information and suggestions of what parents can do to ensure their kids are eating healthy food – including adding their names to a petition lobbying the government for change.
Big Barn
www.bigbarn.co.uk
Interactive site that puts consumers in touch with producers of quality food in their area.
British Heart Foundation — Kids
www.bhf.org.uk/cbhf
Fun, interactive site with cool recipes and games to help you keep your heart healthy.
The British Dietetic Association
www.bda.uk.com/
Website of the professional assocation for dietitians includes news, publications, information about education and training and lots more.
British Nutrition Foundation
www.nutrition.org.uk
A scientific and educational charity whose website includes information for schools about healthy meals. There's a section for teachers as well as resources, recipes and ideas for lessons or school cookery clubs.
Campaign to Ban Partially Hydrogenated Oils
www.bantransfats.com/british.html
Website about the evils of trans fats. You can watch a video, read the science, discover how much trans fat can be found in specific foods, and learn why it is so bad for our health.
Cheap School Meals 'risk health'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3137410.stm
Article on a report calling for more money to be spent on meals using fresh, locally–sourced ingredients to improve both the quality of food and the health of pupils.
Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)
www.hyp.ac.uk/cash/
CASH is a group of specialists concerned with salt and its effects on health, working to reach a consensus with the Government and the food industry on the harmful effects of a high salt diet. The website has loads of information on how much salt is healthy and the high levels found in processed food.
Constipation in Children
www.embarrassingproblems.co.uk/analconstipation_a.htm
Many children in Britain suffer from constipation and the most common cause is a diet lacking in fluid and fibre. Scroll down the page on this website and in the paragraph headed 'Increase the amount of fibre in the diet' there's a link to a helpful checklist of high and medium fibre foods.
Cooks in Schools
www.localfoodworks.org
A web gateway which fosters sustainable local food systems through the development of local food networks. The site includes information about Chef Rose Gray's charity, set up to educate dinner ladies and advise schools which want to provide their own meals.
Daily Diet Tracker
www.dailydiettracker.co.uk
Register with this site and you can keep an online record of your daily food intake. There's a database of thousands of foods to help you watch your weight and nutritional intake, and you can keep an eye on your progress with the charts on the results page.
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/
FiveADay/fs/en
This page has lots of info on how much fruit and veg we should be eating. Click on the FAQ section.
Dinner Ladies Who Lunch
www.guardian.co.uk/food/focus/story/0,13296,961387,00.html
Inspiring story of a school dinner lady who now buys direct from farmers to put her dining hall in a class of its own.
Eat Well, Be Well
www.eatwell.gov.uk/foodlabels/understandlabels/
Food labels can be very confusing with all their different terms and symbols. This interactive site helps you work out what they mean.
End Factory Farming
www.factoryfarming.org.uk/whatis.html
The lowdown on the abuse of animals in factory farming. Sign the pledge and receive an information pack.
The Food Commission
http://www.foodcomm.org.uk
The Food Commission is a national non-profit organisation campaigning for the right to safe, wholesome food. It published Food Magazine which contains product investigations, the latest news on diet and health, and ideas on how you can help campaign for safer, healthier food for you and your family.
Food for Life
www.soilassociation.org/foodforlife
The Food for Life project run by the Soil Association launched the public debate on the quality of school meals. It's full of information covering nutritional standards, supply chains and staffing. Essential for anyone interested in making positive change including schools, councils, parents, cooks and caterers. Visit the website for more about the new action pack, curriculum packs, workshops, helpline and farm visit programs.
Pilot Projects
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/
FoodInSchools/FoodInSchoolsGeneralInformation/fs/en
The Department of Health has set up a pilot scheme to promote healthier eating in schools, including healthier tuck shops, vending machines, breakfast clubs and more. Results should start to be made available from January 2005 onwards.
Food Standards Agency
www.eatwell.gov.uk
Government agency with lots of useful information on how to eat a more healthy diet and how to go veggie.
Fowl Play
www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,751244,00.html
This article tells you everything you'd rather not know about chicken nuggets and why we should not be giving them to our kids.
Guidelines for healthy school lunches for pupils in nursery, primary and secondary schools
www.dfes.gov.uk/schoollunches/infants.shtml
www.dfes.gov.uk/schoollunches/juniors.shtml
www.dfes.gov.uk/schoollunches/secondary.shtml
Clear outlines for school caterers and a useful source of information and/or ammunition for parents trying to improve the food at their children's school.
Healthy Living
www.healthyliving.gov.uk/healthyeating
Excellent website with loads of great recipe ideas. There are information packs on healthy living available by post but only to people living in Scotland.
Hyperactive Children's Support Group
www.hacsg.org.uk
Britain's leading proponent of a dietary approach to the problem of hyperactivity. Publications are available from the website.
Jamie Oliver
www.jamieoliver.com
Official Jamie Oliver site with ideas and recipes, information on his books and restaurant, Fifteen, plus Jamie's diary.
Join the Activaters
www.jointheactivaters.org.uk
Fun website with games and info for kids on how to get active and eat healthy food.
Just Eat More (fruit & veg)
www.5aday.nhs.uk
Great site from the NHS with information for families and teens on how to eat more fruit and vegetables. Check out the Vegetable Makeover section on how to glam up those greens. There's also a downloadable wallchart for kids.
Local Food Works
www.soilassociation.org/localfood
Excellent resource with an information library listing organisations and links where you can source local and/or organic food.
McSpotlight
www.mcspotlight.org
Campaign against McDonald's fast food, including a report of the McLibel trial – the British court case between McDonald's and two individuals.
Minister Cold on Junk Food Ad Ban
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3528537.stm
Over 100 of the UK's leading health and consumer groups have urged the government to ban junk food ads, saying they are fuelling rising rates of obesity – but the government refuses to act.
National Association of Farmers Markets
www.farmersmarkets.net
A farmers' market is one in which farmers, growers or producers from a defined local area come in person to sell their own produce so you can ask questions and be confident of the origins of the food. The website has information and a list of markets across the country.
Our Bodies, Our Health www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/I/ict/ourbodies/health/ Online diary that builds up a picture of what children eat across Britain. Teachers have to register, then children in their schools can enter information about what they've eaten, which is added to nationwide data about children's diets.
Parentscentre
www.parentscentre.gov.uk/
Parentscentre is a government website to offer parents and carers support, information and advice about their child's learning and the English education system – including Government guidelines on school catering and an FAQ devoted to school meals.
School Food Trust
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk
The School Food Trust website includes the new government guidelines for school dinners.
School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/
FiveADay/FiveADayGeneralInformation/FiveADayGeneralArticle/
fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4002149&chk=DeYbs5
A Government scheme which entitles all 4-6-year-olds in LEA maintained infant, primary and special schools to a free piece of fruit or vegetable each school day.
The Soil Association
www.soilassociation.org/education
For ideas on how to improve meals at your child's school, contact the Soil Association to buy a Food for Life action pack. There's also a downloadable curriculum pack with lots of ideas and resources for teaching kids about healthy eating. The site also has virtual visits to organic farms.
Teachernet
www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/m/mealsandmilk/
Information for teachers on everything to do with the provision of meals and milk by schools.
tfx – The Campaign Against Trans Fats in Food
www.tfx.org.uk
British organisation campaigning to educate the public and pressurise the government and food industry to avoid – and ultimately ban – trans fats, which are a danger to health and are widely used in processed foods.
The Trouble with Fruit and Veg
www.guardian.co.uk/befit/story/0,,1379213,00.html
The history of British food from soggy school dinners to Margaret Thatcher and her cover-up of a report back in 1983 which warned that the high levels of sugar and salt and lack of fruit and vegetables were contributing to the incidence of cancer in the UK.
Think Vegetables
www.thinkvegetables.co.uk
Good source of information about vegetables — how to use and store them, nutritional information, facts about individual vegetables and a range of delicious recipes. There is also a library of vegetable images for downloading.
Vegetarians International Voice for Animals — Viva!
www.viva.org.uk
Information about factory farming, nutrition and becoming vegetarian or vegan.
Walking Bus
www.walkingbus.org
Information and a downloadable pack on how to set up a walking bus. Parents take turns to walk large groups of children to and from school to cut traffic congestion. Strangely enough, this scheme is being run by a new car company called Kia!
What is a whole school food policy?
www.governornet.co.uk/cropArticle.cfm? topicAreaId=9&contentId=623&mode=bg
Article explaining what the government intends by encouraging school Governing Bodies to establish whole school food policies.
Brain Food for Kids by Nicola Graimes (Carroll & Brown, 2004)
With over 100 specially devised recipes, this book makes it simple for parents to offer their children a balanced, nutritious diet packed with brain-boosting ingredients.
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Coping with a Picky Eater: A guide for the perplexed parent by William G Wilkoff (Prentice Hall, 1998)
Shows parents how to avoid mealtime battles, including setting reasonable rules, using strategies, and creating healthy eating habits for children.
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Dump the Junk: Over 300 tips to encourage children to eat healthy food by Mary Whiting (Moonscape, 2003)
Packed with imaginative and practical ideas for getting kids to eat real food and avoid processed rubbish. There's also advice on how to survive shopping trips, how to deal with mealtimes and school food and recipes to tempt kids into a bit of creativity in the kitchen.
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Fast Food Nation: What the all–American meal is doing to the world by Eric Schlosser (Penguin, 2002)
A disturbing exploration of one of the world's most controversial industries. From overworked and underpaid teenage workers to giant meatpacking corporations, the author explains what lies between those sesame seed buns. Eater beware: the cholesterol level is nothing compared to the faeces that may be lurking in your burger.
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Food and You: A guide to healthy habits for teens by Marjolijn Bijlefeld and Sharon K Zoumbaris (Greenwood Press, 2001)
Offers teens advice on choosing healthy food, starting with the fundamentals of nutrition and going on to explore vegetarianism, the fast-food trap, losing weight and getting off the couch, setting up your first kitchen and how to be a smart food shopper.
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The Food Our Children Eat: How to get children to like good food by Joanna Blythman (Fourth Estate, 2000)
Many children today eat different foods from their parents, and these are often low in nutritional value. Blythman looks at how to change children's eating habits with relaxed, low-effort, successful strategies.
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Jamie's Dinners by Jamie Oliver (Michael Joseph, 2004)
Jamie is back and this time he's tackling school dinners and family meals, going back to basics in the kitchen to revolutionise family dinners.
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Not on the Label: What really goes into the food on your plate by Felicity Lawrence (Penguin, 2004)
Looking at some of our most popular foods, the author systematically exposes their production and marketing, showing how the food industry causes ill-health, environmental damage, urban blight — and starves smallholders in Africa and Asia.
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Planet Organic: Baby and toddler cookbook by Lizzie Vann (Dorling Kindersley, 2000)
Babies and toddlers are especially vulnerable to chemical toxins in food so an organic diet is a real investment in every child's future. This book provides 70 easy-to-follow recipes for babies, toddlers and under-–fives. It features the top 10 organic superfoods for each age group, plus special meal planners for common ailments such as digestive problems, hyperactivity, asthma and food allergies.
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Small Helpings: Over 200 delicious healthy recipe ideas for babies, toddlers and children by Annabel Karmel (Ebury Press, 1998)
Cookbook to help busy parents prepare healthy meals, with guidance on feeding babies and children, meals for the whole family and recipes for all occasions.
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SuperFoods: Fourteen foods that will change your life by Steven Pratt and Kathy Matthews (Bantam, 2004)
Backed by proven research on 14 of the most nutrient-dense foods, this book puts these superfoods on your plate to give you more energy, greater protection against disease, and a healthy lifestyle now and for the future.
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Veggie Food for Kids by Sara Lewis (Hamlyn, 2003)
A variety of recipes for children to enjoy, this book should be suitable for families with children who are totally vegetarian or who are trying to cut down on red meat. It includes an introduction to feeding a vegetarian baby, toddler and young child.
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What Are We Feeding Our Kids? by Michael F Jacobson and Bruce Maxwell (Workman Publishing, 1994)
Part exposé, part handbook, this is a lively, well-researched look at children's diet, government, and the food industry. It explains what kids are eating and what parents can do about it.
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Produced to accompany Jamie's School Dinners, a Fresh One Productions Ltd production, first shown on Channel 4 in February and March 2005.
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