Healthy School Meals
Appetite for Life
Appetite for Life sets out the strategic direction and actions required to improve the nutritional standards of food and drink served and sold in schools across Wales. School meals play a significant role in the diets of children and young people and consuming a more nutritious diet during the school day is seen as playing a central role in combating and reducing diet related health problems like heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
Appetite for Life is part of broader policy on food and fitness for children and young people which is set out in the Assembly’s Food and Fitness Implementation Plan. A variety of stakeholders are involved in the delivery of the overall policy and Kerry Robinson has been appointed as the Food in Schools coordinator to work with and support local authorities to implement the recommended food and nutrient based standards as set out in Appetite for Life.
The main role of the Food in Schools coordinator is to build strong working partnerships with local authority caterers Catering Network for Wales, local Appetite for Life Co-ordinators schools and other key stakeholders to support practical implementation of the food and nutrient based standards. This work also encompasses overseeing of nutritional analysis software used by caterers to analyse food and drink served and sold in school.
For further details, support or advice on implementing the recommended food and nutrient food standards for school food email [email protected].
Nutritional Analysis webpage.
Download the Appetite for Life Action Plan.
Download the draft working guidelines for caterers to help implement the recommended nutrient standards.
Keep up to date with the latest Appetite for Life information by reading “School Catering Matters”:
September 2009 Issue
January 2010 Issue
April 2010 Issue
Food for Thought - a new approach to public sector food procurement - case studies, illustrates examples from the organisations within these case studies, and the rewards for the schools, the local communities and businesses involved.
Last updated:
08/04/2010
