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The Eatwell Guide is a policy tool used to define government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet.
1. About the Eatwell Guide The Eatwell Guide, defines the government’s…
Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
Provides support to businesses on nutrition related requirements of the EU Food Information for Consumers regulation (EU FIC).
Outlines the provisions of the Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 which will come into force on 1 October 2025.
A guide and set of resources to support local authorities with implementing a whole systems approach to address obesity and promote a healthy weight.
This guidance gives step-by-step support for businesses on developing a 'Front of Pack' (FoP) nutrition label.
Guidance on running the National Child Measurement Programme, which collects the height and weight of reception and year 6 children across England every year.
Sets out the government's quality standards for children, young people and maternity standards.
Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.
Guidance to support secondary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.
A technical report outlining guidelines for industry, 2017 baseline calorie levels and next steps.
Guidance to support primary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.
Information for primary care networks on the healthy weight coach elearning programme.
Catering guidance that offers practical advice on how to make catering affordable, healthier and more sustainable.
A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.
Progress report on the sugar reduction programme between 2015 and 2018, principally for the food industry and public health bodies.
Practical advice and tools to support health and care professionals have conversations about weight management with children and their families.
Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.
Outlines the provisions of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.
Training tools providing evidence-based healthy weight messages for the public health workforce to use in discussions with children, young people and families.
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