Guidance from the World Health Organisation is that people should eat fresh and unprocessed foods every day and that people who eat a well-balanced diet tend to be healthier with stronger immune systems and lower risk of chronic illnesses and infectious disease. Whilst the ongoing Covid19 situation is proving challenging for local authorities, other local authorities recognise the importance of providing a good diet working to a recognised scheme, with for example, Overdale Junior School in Leicester being awarded a Gold Food for Life Serve Here Award during the coronavirus pandemic, becoming just the second school in the county to achieve this award.
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Councillor Alastair Majury Said:
“As the council is still working to the Food for Life Silver standard, and the savings from the proposed removal have already been removed, I would urge the administration to rethink this policy and continue working to the Food for Life standard.
The Food for Life scheme provides benefits beyond a healthy diet, with for example research by the New Economics Foundation demonstrated £3 in social return for every £1 invested in Food for Life Served Here menus.”
Notes To Editor:
Council Response
Due to COVID-19, Facilities Management are still working to the Silver Food for Life standard until the October break. After that, it is intend to remove the standard.
The budget saving of £60k has already been removed from our budget.
WHO Guidance
http://www.emro.who.int/nutrition/nutrition-infocus/nutrition-advice-for-adults-during-the-covid-19-outbreak.html#:~:text=You%20should%20eat%20a%20variety,%2C%20fat%20or%20salt.
Eat fresh and unprocessed foods every day
Eat fruits, vegetables, legumes (e.g. lentils, beans), nuts and whole grains (e.g. unprocessed maize, millet, oats, wheat, brown rice or starchy tubers or roots such as potato, yam, taro or cassava), and foods from animal sources (e.g. meat, fish, eggs and milk).
Daily, eat: 2 cups of fruit (4 servings), 2.5 cups of vegetables (5 servings), 180 g of grains, and 160 g of meat and beans (red meat can be eaten 1−2 times per week, and poultry 2−3 times per week).
For snacks, choose raw vegetables and fresh fruit rather than foods that are high in sugar, fat or salt.
Do not overcook vegetables and fruit as this can lead to the loss of important vitamins.
When using canned or dried vegetables and fruit, choose varieties without added salt or sugar.
Leicester School Gaining Food for Life Gold
https://www.laca.co.uk/news/leicester-school-receives-gold-ffl-accreditation-during-coronavirus-pandemic
Overdale Junior School in Leicester was awarded a Gold Food for Life Serve Here Award during the coronavirus pandemic, becoming just the second school in the county to achieve this award.
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