Education

The survey found nearly one in three children did under an hour of exercise a week.

The second report for the school year 2008/9 found that the fruit and vegetables supplied to schools met legal standards with regard to pesticide residues levels and that the presence of residues woul

Hampshire County Council's Catering Service (HC3S) is now able to check whether parents can claim free school meals, through a new government initiative called the 'Hub'.

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, will fire the starting gun for a new Healthy Eating Campaign on the 28th September.

The decision follows an OFT Statement of Objections in April 2008 after one of its largest Competition Act investigations.

Feedback has been gathered from pupils about what changes should be made, such as introducing a soup corner and consulting pupils in the design of new menus.

Following the launch of Medikidz this week, copies of the 'Medikidz Explain Overweight' comic book will be distributed to every primary and secondary state school in the UK to help educate students ab

The move comes as the Healthy Schools programme celebrates its tenth anniversary, and has exceeded its target to get 75% of schools to achieve Healthy School status by December 2009. To date, 80% of a

The move is designed to further encourage healthy eating habits by removing easy access to unhealthy food in nearby shops and fast-food outlets.

Students are being invited to get their creative hats on and write an original recipe for a main dish for two (meat, fish or vegetarian), which wherever possible uses ingredients that are grown and pr