'Healthier You: the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme' will start this year with a first wave of 27 areas covering 26 million people, half of the population, and making up to 20,000 places availabl
In 2014 average salt consumption for adults was 8.0g per day, which has decreased from 8.5g in 2011 and 8.8g in 2005/06.
The government is being challenged to provide clearer structures and frameworks for specialist weight-management services, alongside increased funding, to tackle the country’s growing obesity probl
Owen Sidaway, head of catering services, offender employment skills & services with the National Offender Management Service, will address the PS100 group of public sector catering professional
The Sugarwise test enables scientists to differentiate between a product’s total sugar content and free sugar content for the first time.
Stepping down after over ten years in the post he will be succeeded by Simon Clark, head of catering at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Representatives from TUCO, HCA, Premier Foods, LACA and the MoD used the stand over the four-day exhibition, which saw visitor numbers increase 15% on the previous show.
Each chef team had one hour to cook a beef-based two course hospital meal at Hotelympia’s live theatre, in the Salon Culinaire HCA Hot Cookery competition.
Tim Rycroft made the claim as he was being challenged by Olympian James Cracknell, who recently published a report supporting the move, on Channel 4 news.
The NHS has launched the initiative, supported by Public Health England, to test creative solutions for the health and care challenges of the 21st century, including obesity and dementia.