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Families with children

Nutrition is essential to giving children a healthy start in life and good food habits learned at home can stay for a lifetime. We work to highlight good practice in community food projects and support the development of cooking skills sessions for parents and carers.

Our plan for 2024/2025

CFHS is currently working with the Scottish Government, community food networks and our colleagues in Public Health Scotland to plan how the community food sector can be supported in the future.

News and updates

Cooking skills blog 3: research on involving children in cooking

Posted: February 26, 2016
In this fortnight’s blog, I’ll look at two presentations from the COOK and Health Scientific Symposium held at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian ...

Cooking skills blog 2: research on involving children and their parents in cooking

Posted: February 12, 2016
Last November, my CFHS colleague, Jacqui McDowell, attended the COOK and Health Scientific Symposium held at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian. This shared ...

Maternal and infant nutrition

Posted: December 23, 2014
Our event, Maternal and infant nutrition framework: supporting a Healthy Start, took place in May 2014. The day included learning from previous and ongoing work ...

Development funding for work on maternal and infant nutrition across minority ethnic communities in Scotland

Posted: November 1, 2013
CFHS has a small amount of development funding available to support the development of good practice examples of work on maternal and infant nutrition across ...

Maternal and infant nutrition across ME communities in Scotland

Posted: March 1, 2013
CFHS worked in partnership with BEMIS to look at the specific needs of community and voluntary sector organisations supporting work on maternal and infant nutrition ...

Maternal and infant nutrition

Posted: February 24, 2012
CFHS commissioned Rock Solid Social Research Ltd in partnership with Communicable Health to carry out research into how community food and health and voluntary organisations are ...

Healthy Start pilot integrated approach

Posted: February 24, 2012
CFHS, in partnership with NHS Forth Valley, has completed a pilot using an integrated approach to promote increased awareness of the Healthy Start scheme, Healthy Start vitamins and ...

Community-based organisations working with minority ethnic children, pregnant women and families – training in food, nutrition and health

Posted: February 24, 2012
Access to a balanced, healthy diet is important in the early years of life. Improving maternal and infant nutrition is a key priority in Scotland ...

Exploring food and families in East Lothian

Posted: February 24, 2012
CFHS and Edinburgh Napier University are collaborating with two community groups in East Lothian to explore family food practices for families with young children. This ...