Healthy eating for individuals and specific groups

Healthy eating

Healthy Living

Partnership between NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Executive containing information, resources and recipes detailing how to achieve a healthier, well-balanced diet, as well as develop more active lifestyles.
www.healthyliving.gov.uk

Have a Heart Paisley

Information on how this national demonstration project is delivering programmes to reduce the risk of heart disease in Paisley.
www.haveaheart.org.uk

Nutritional information

The Food Standards Agency

Information on diet and healthy eating with practical advice on how to understand food labels and how food can affect your health.
www.food.gov.uk
www.eatwell.gov.uk

This website provides information as part of the Food Standards Agency’s campaign to reduce salt intake.
www.salt.gov.uk

British Nutrition Foundation

Information on nutritional well being and educational resources. Food - a fact of life is their educational programme for schools.
www.nutrition.org.uk
www.foodafactoflife.org.uk

British Dietetic Foundation

This website has downloadable food fact sheets
www.bda.uk.com

The Food Commission Research Charity: Chew on this

This website is aimed at 11-14 year olds and covers nutrition, labelling, marketing and ingredients and further sections planned on the environment, sustainable food production and animal welfare.
www.chewonthis.org.uk

Vulnerable groups

Edinburgh Cyrenians

Information on the Edinburgh Cyrenians Good Food in Tackling Homelessness programme and the services that have been developed from it.
www.cyrenians.org.uk/Edinburghcyreniansourservices/foodandhealth.html

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability

This organisation offers advice, support and training to all who support people with learning disabilities. Their library has a range of useful resources providing information and guidelines on nutrition and health.
www.scld.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation

The Mental Health Foundation and Sustain –the alliance for food and farming have launched a campaign to raise awareness of food and mental health. Information on this and their reports can be downloaded for free.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk

MIND

Website based, user-led service for the Food and Mood Project which provides information on dietary self-help resources.
www.foodandmood.org