The hospital treated 24 babies and toddlers under three years old for obesity in 24, up from 15 in 2014, four in 2013, two in 2012 and just one in 2011.
The competition aims to support the current curriculum, whilst highlighting the important role school food plays in getting pupils ready to learn.
Mucavele has been at the forefront of the charity’s work over the last decade developing national school food standards and the first guidelines to help young children eat better.
Councillor Lynda Rice, said: “It was fantastic to see so many smiling faces as the young people tucked into healthy and mouth-watering festive food.
A Sheffield-based weight management programme, SHINE, and a Leeds Beckett researcher believe there is currently a lack of direction and guidance for severely obese children in young people in acces
Dave Wadner, chef manager at Motability Operations Ltd in Bristol, won Hospitality Chef of the Year, and Naseema Rasheed, catering manager at Coston Primary School in Ealing, won School Chef of the
Paul Anstey, CEO Universities, Sodexo UK & Ireland, Benelux and Nordics, said: “Sodexo is thrilled to have achieved the Soil Association’s Gold Food for Life Catering Mark at Greenwich and Sout
The Feeding Britain report - A route map to ending hunger as we know it in the United Kingdom calls on the Government to introduce an equivalent to the Cobra committee - used in response to emergen
This competition involved students from schools across the UK designing original British recipes, with winners eating free in their school restaurants for a fortnight and having their dishes cooked
The Childhood obesity - brave and bold action’ report highlights nine areas of improvement including improved education and information about diet, universal school food standards and greater power