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.
The spokesperson told national media: “It is a very complex issue and there is a lot of work going on to get it right.
Amongst the exhibitors is the PS100, located at stand 1358 near the food zone.