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The latest figures from Public Health England’s National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) reveals that child obesity is not improving or getting worse in England. The prevalence of obesity in Reception (aged 4-5) across England is 9.1% for the… Read more

School meals provider Pasta King has launched the third edition of its loyalty reward scheme in schools and incorporated two British summertime favourites in its theme, ‘Football and Festivals’. The scheme was first launched by the Devon based… Read more

The clock is ticking for creative local authority school cooks to win a MasterChef experience by entering the McCain Simply One Pot Meal competition. Entrants have until midnight on the March 31st 2016 to be in with the chance of being a part of the… Read more

LACA chair Peter McGrath has signed up to run 100km around the different LACA regions to raise money for his chosen charity ‘Filling the Holiday Gap’. He has already completed three runs – in South Wales, the South East and Nottingham – with dates… Read more

Peter McGrath, chair of the Lead Association of CAtering in Education (LACA), is on course to complete his 100k running challenge for the ‘Filling the Holiday Gap’ project. The LACA chair plans to run 100k over the next 12 months around the LACA… Read more

The money raised from Jamie Oliver’s voluntary tax on sugar drinks in restaurants and cafes will be used to open water fountains in parks and public spaces in some of the most deprived areas of the country. These will be paid for by the Children's… Read more

More emphasis needs to be paid to tackle the problem of underweight children, according to a new report by Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell. The Britain Imbalanced: Why now is the time to tackle obesity in Britain report published by think… Read more

Gate Ventures, the school meal division of GV Group, is transporting an additional 300,000 meals a year to primary schools across the borough of Bexley in a new two year deal with Harrison Catering Services. Nicola Turk, director of group schools at… Read more

David Cameron has reportedly scrapped plans to introduce a sugar tax as part of its long-awaited ‘obesity strategy’, with ministers instead using the threat of a levy to force change in the industry. The Prime Minister who appeared to be warming… Read more

In some parts of London there are up to 40 fast food takeaways within half a mile of schools, according to a Mayor of London campaign launched last week. Some takeaways in London are offering school children portions of chips that contain 1865… Read more