In February 2010, the Scottish Government and COSLA launched a long-term obesity strategy entitled Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Scotland: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The ‘Obesity Route Map’ recognised that it is difficult for people to be able to change their behaviour alone, as the environment we live in today means that for …
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Nutritional Guidance for Children and Young People in Residential Care Settings
The Scottish Government yesterday published new nutritional guidance to help improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in residential care settings. It provides nutritional and practical guidance along with information and advice that will assist practitioners to support the children and young people in their care. The guidance is available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/health-promotion-guidance-nutritional-guidance-children-young-people-residential-care-settings/pages/0/ …
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The best possible start
Many of you involved in food and health work and early years will have contributed experience and opinions to the Scottish Government’s development of a maternal and infant nutrition strategy. Following a draft ‘Maternal and Infant Nutrition Framework’ circulated in October 2010, this framework was launched on Tuesday 18 January 2011 in Edinburgh. At the …
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Maternal and infant nutrition in Scotland
Health improvement outcomes in Early Years are a key priority for all of us and strongly supported by the Scottish Government through a range of policies and actions. Over the last two years the Scottish government and a variety of organisations including the community and voluntary sector have been developing a framework to improve maternal …
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Scottish Grocer’s Federation Healthyliving Programme expansion
A joint £1.3 million investment from the Scottish Government and retailers to promote healthier food options in convenience stores has recently been announced. The Scottish Government plans to invest £679,000 over three years to extend the Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) Healthyliving Programme, matched by a £650,000 investment from retailers. The Healthyliving Programme provides shops with …
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Preventing Overweight and Obesity: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight
On 22 February the Scottish Government launched a long-term obesity strategy, Preventing Overweight and Obesity: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The Route Map identired four key areas in which action is likely to have the greatest effect – reducing demand for and consumption of excessive amounts of high calorie foods and drinks; increasing opportunities …
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Schools to benefit from Recipe for Success
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, Richard Lochhead, recently unveiled plans by the Scottish Government to teach children and young people about the supply chain and where food comes from as well as how it benefits their health, the economy and the environment. Activities will include: food and farming visits for 1800 primary …
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Community food sector as a key contributor to health
In 2007 the Scottish Government launched its National Performance Framework which includes one overarching purpose, strategic objectives, 15 national outcomes and 45 national indicators. This outcomes focused approach details the national outcomes which the Scottish Government believe need to be achieved in order to make Scotland wealthier and fairer, safer and stronger, smarter, greener and …
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Healthy Weight Communities trial launched
Public Health Minister Shona Robison has launched a trial programme to bring whole communities, towns or cities together to eat more healthily and be more active in addressing childhood obesity. Eight sites will take part in the programme: Dundee, Dumfries, SW Glasgow, North and East Ayrshire, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire. This trial …
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Mental Health Strategy for Scotland consultation document
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation document on the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland 2011-2015. Responses are invited by 31 January 2012 and we would encourage groups working on food and mental health to make a response. The document outlines 14 high level outcomes across mental health improvement work, mental illness prevention work and …