Notes from a roundtable discussion looking at what approaches are being developed to address health inequalities through food from a very early age.
Topic: infant nutrition
0-5 children and parents including infant nutrition
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Children and young people
Related topics: baby feeding, discussion, early years, infant nutrition, pregnancy and maternal health, weaning
Areas of Work: Families with children, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 41
Glasgow Centre for Population Health; SCOFF; Fife Community Food Project; the Hidden Gardens; community food initiatives in Edinburgh; schools cookery challenge; Bridge Centre Motorcycle Project; Healthy Start
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: coeliac disease, cookery sessions, funding, healthy eating, Healthy Living initiatives, independent living skills, infant nutrition, policy, research, sustainability
Area of Work: Information provision
Update on Reforms to the Welfare Food Scheme
A briefing paper outlining reforms to the Welfare Food Scheme through which an estimated 800,000 people across the UK receive vouchers for free fruit and vegetables
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Related topics: baby feeding, consultation, free milk and food vouchers, infant nutrition, milk, pregnancy and maternal health, welfare
Area of Work: Families with children
Healthy Start
Notes from a roundtable discussion on the proposed reforms to the UK’s existing Welfare Food Scheme as outlined in the Department of Health’s consultation document ‘Healthy Start’.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: affordability, baby feeding, free milk and food vouchers, infant nutrition, milk, shops, weaning, women and mothers
Putting Healthy Start on the map
Report from a pilot to promote maternal and infant nutrition and ‘Healthy Start’ in Falkirk