What is the British Nutrition Foundation doing to improve food education in school?

In recent years the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has undertaken various schools education initiatives including the BNF/MAFF food and nutrition school programme entitled “Food – a fact of life”. Reviews the development of this programme and provides a detailed account of the latest unit of resources for pupils 11‐16 years. The unit, “Energy and Nutrients”, has been devised to integrate with curriculum requirements throughout the UK and is based on ten topics: energy, fat, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals,digestion, nutritional needs, alcohol and food composition. The unit comprises a range of pupils′ resources and an optional software program. It was evaluated in over 100 schools from 60 LEAs prior to being launched by the Food Minister on 27 April 1995. Includes a brief review of the BNF Food Technology Training Courses for teachers which are being part funded by the Department for Education.