© BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2012 Cooking in schools.

© BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2012

Cooking in schools


Where are we?


Where are we?

Proportion of 4- to 18-year-olds with intakes of selected micronutrients below the Lower Reference Nutrient Intakes (LRNIs) (Bates et al. 2010)


Food sustainability“Of the 38 million tonnes of food and drink brought into UK homes, 19% is thrown away (previously 22%). Of the 38 million tonnes, 12% becomes avoidable waste (previously 14%).” WRAP, 2012

Where food comes from Misconception by primary and secondary school pupils on where different foods originate. FACE/AHDB, 2011


Eating habits and cooking:Increased in fruit and vegetable consumption (22.9 & 27.5%), improved eating behaviour (30%) and confidence in cooking (83.7%). Can cook studio, City University, 2012

School Food Trust, which measured the impact of a national network of school-based cooking clubs, found that learning to cook improved their recognition of healthier foods - and their desire to eat them. 2012


The Herald (2009)Six in 10 Scots children do not know how to boil an egg

It is the most simple of culinary skills. But, if the latest survey is to be believed, almost two-thirds of Scottish children, or 62%, do not know how to cook an egg.

The Herald (2012)Scotland has to become a nation that enjoys food and knows how to cook it

Nick Nairn … The subject he's probably most passionate about is food education for children, and he believes the closure of home economics departments in some Scottish schools is "unbelievable".


Opportunity

1)Where food comes from

2)Practical food preparation skills

3)Healthy eating and nutrition

4)Active lifestyles

Through subjects –

ensure broad curriculum for all

Through subjects –

ensure broad curriculum for all

Through inter-disciplinary approaches

Through inter-disciplinary approaches

Through whole school

approaches

Through whole school

approaches


Cooking resources

•Licence to Cook – tried and tested

•Free

•Lesson plans and suggestions

•Focus on building skills and knowledge via recipes

•Videos, demonstrated by peers

•Observation guides


Cooking resources


Why is it important?

Good teaching and learning

Behavioral change and health

Society and future lives


Thank you for listening.

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