Sectors
This section highlights some of the main food and health improvement work initiatives in Scotland currently going on within the Food Chain, Education, NHS, Community, Academia, Workplace, Media and Consumer sectors.
Resources relating to Sectors
- SAOS
SAOS is a specialist in the development of co-operation and joint venture amongst farmers, growers a... - NFU Scotland
The purpose of NFU Scotland is to promote and protect the interests of the Scottish farming industry... - British Retail Consortium
The British Retail Consortium is the lead trade association representing the whole range of retailer... - Food Standards Agency Scotland
This site contains all the latest Food Standards Agency news, Food Alerts, Consultations, science, r... - Improve
Improve is the Sector Skills Council for Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing across the UK a... - Catering for Health
A guide for teaching healthier catering practices. It provides guidelines and practical tips and a s... - Summary Guideline Report
A summary of guidelines produced by Consumer Focus Scotland (formerly the Scottish Consumer Council)... - Guidelines Commercial Sponsorship in the Public Sector
These guidelines have been produced by Consumer Focus Scotland (formerly the Scottish Consumer Counc... - Eat Safe
Eat Safe is an award scheme for catering businesses in Scotland and Northern Ireland. - Being Well - Doing Well: A Framework for Health-promoting Schools in Scotland (2004)
The document offers a working definition of health-promoting schools and provides a holistic view of... - Changes in food and drink advertising and promotion to children
A report outlining the changes in the nature and balance of food and drink advertising and promotion... - Health in our Multi-ethnic Scotland
- Cut-price, what cost? How supermarkets can affect your chances of a healthy diet
The National Consumer Council's (NCC) fourth report on the rating of the UKs top eight supermarkets... - Healthy Eating in Schools: A Guide to Implementing the Nutritional Requirements for Food and...
Guidance for the Implementation of the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotl... - Health promotion guidance for local authorities and schools
This guidance supports local authorities and schools, and managers of grant-aided schools, in workin... - Survey of sugar intake among children in Scotland (2008)
Findings from this FSAS survey indicate that children in Scotland are eating too much sugar. The sur... - Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS): Fruit Shop (2008)
The Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS) approach is based on tackling health inequalities, partic... - Child Healthy Weight Programmes Development Guidance (2008)
This publication is to support the delivery of HEAT Target (H3). This HEAT target for NHS Scotland i... - Food Standards Agency Scotland's Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey (2007)
The eighth annual Scottish Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey was published in February by the Food S... - Green, Healthy and Fair - Review of the government's role in supporting sustainable supermarket food
A Sustainable Development Commission review of policies affecting supermarkets has concluded that go... - Healthy Weight Healthy Lives
Healthy Weight Healthy Lives is the Government-led strategy for tackling obesity. - Breakfast Clubs...More of a Head Start
A step-by-step guide to the challenge of setting up and running breakfast clubs in Scotland. - Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)
REHIS is primarily concerned with the health of Scottish people. It provides training in conjuction... - Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) website
Includes an insight into SCRIs plant research including the growth of plants and how they respond t... - School meal provision in England and other Western countries: a review
This report comissioned by the Health Education Trust review school meal provision in England, Scotl... - Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey 2006
A report on the health behaviours of more tha 23,000 teenagers in Scotland focusing on alcohol consu... - Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) forum
A forum of 41 countries participating in a long term study of the health promoting behaviour of scho... - Evaluation of Sustain Grab 5! school fruit and vegetable project
An evaluation of the work carried out in schools using the Grab 5! resource pack. The research evalu... - Sustain Grab 5
Grab 5 is a resouce pack for schools to encourage the consumption of more fruit and vegetables. - School Nutrition Action Group
School Nutrition Action Groups are alliances of stakeholders in schools who seek to promote good foo... - Your child's wellbeing - healthy eating
This website is intended to support parents of school aged children, providing advice on healthy eat... - Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill
This Bill was passed in April 200. It places statutory nutrition requirements for the provision of f... - Consumer Attitudes to Food survey 2006
The Consumer Attitudes to Foods survey 2006 has a separate volume for Scotland, in which respondents... - Engaging the media
Advice from the Care Service Improvement Partnership gives some basis guidelines for how to engage w... - The Nutrient Profiling Model
Details of the Food Standards Agency Nutrient Profiling model. - Television advertising of food and drink products to children (2007)
This is the result of the consultation carried out by OFCOM into the advertising of food and drink t... - Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scotland nutrition research
FSA Scotland's diet and nutrition research and surveillance programme. - Food Standards Agency (FSA) nutrition research
Information on the current FSA's nutrition research programmes. - Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research
This Centre based at Dundee University has a number of ongoing research projects. - Food research programmes based within the Institute for Social Marketing at Stirling University
Details of several research programmes based around social marketing and food and diet. - Assisting Dietary Change in Low Income Communities: Assessing the Impact of a Community-based Practi
Commissioned by the Food Standards Agency, this research developed, implemented and evaluated a tran... - Research Unit on Health Behaviour and Change
"The Research Unit on Health Behaviour and Change based at the Uniuversity of Edinburgh aims to unde... - School of Life Sciences Research into Diabetes
The School of Life sciences in University of Dundee carries out research into the management and pre... - Food Study Group
The food study group is a group of academics and practioners which meets to debate social science re... - Rowett Research Institute: Low birth weight in adolescent pregnancy
Low birth weight infants are at risk of many long term complications. Teenage pregnancies are more l... - Rowett Research Institute: Nutrition in pregnacy
The nutrition in pregnancy research is investigating the hypothesis that maternal iron deficiency ma... - Rowett Research Institute: Gut health and 'friendly' bacteria
This research strand is looking at ways of improving gut health, using 'friendly' bacteria to preven... - Rowett Research Institute: Folic acid fortification
Two large scale prospective cohort studies are underway which consider folate and vitamin B12, genot... - Rowett Research Institute
Based near Aberdeen, this is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for nutrition resear... - Department of Public Health at Aberdeen University, research link on obesity
The Department of Public Health has research programmes in prevention of obesity and the long term b... - Nutrition Intervenion trials
The Health Services Research Unit at University of Aberdeen has a number of nutrition intervention t... - Department of Child Health
Research undertaken (currently and previously) by the Department of Child Health at University of Ab... - Children of the 1950's
The Duncan Baird Centre is one of four centres involved in this cohort study on children in the 1950... - Food Industry Foundation (FIF)
The FIF unit is based at Queen Margaret University and provides technical and marketing support to... - Futureskills Scotland industry Profile: Food and Drink in the Highlands and Islands 2006
This report from Futureskills provides an analysis of the labour market in food and drinks in the Hi... - Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory service provides advice, events and seminars for manufacturers i... - Retail Safe
RetailSafe aims to help retailers who handle unwrapped high-risk foods such as meat and cheese. It a... - Cook Safe
Cook Safe aims to help catering businesses understand and implement a HACCP-based system. This is a... - Food Hygiene Information Scheme
This pilot scheme is running in four areas in Scotland and aims to help consumers makes choices abou... - Pesticide Safety Directorate (PSD)
PSD helps ensure the safe use of pesticides and harmonises regulation within the EC. It also aims to... - European Food Safety System
Food safety written from a European perspective outlining relevant policies which cover food safety... - The Bug investigators
The Bug investigators is a programme produced by the Department of Health for schools. - Food Hygiene training for schools
This scheme run by REHIS with funding from Food Standards Agency Scotland aims to provide basic food... - LEAF- Linking Environment and Farming
LEAF is an organisation that helps farmers and growers protect the environment - Eco Schools Scotland environmental projects
Eco Schools is an international initiative designed to encourage whole-school action for the environ... - Sustain
Alliance for better food & farming - Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
The regeneration of Rural Scotland - Scottish Government Agriculture Policy
The Scottish Governments' Agriculture policy on organic farming including their Organic Action Plan. - Scottish Government Agriculture Policy
An introduction to the Scottish Government's agriculture policies and strategies. - NFU Scotland: Farming Facts
Scottish farming facts with income and employment details. - What's on Your Plate
Campaign for Scottish Food & Farming by the NFU Scotland - Supply-side Changes in Diet and Food Retailing in Scotland 1995-2005
This report provides an overview of findings on dietary change and food access using data from the W... - Community Food and Health (Scotland)
CFHS (formerly known as the Scottish Community Diet Project) overriding aim is to help improve Scotl... - Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)
SFDF represents and promotes the common interests of the food and drink manufacturing industry prima... - Research Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change (RUHBC)
RUHBC (formerly, the Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change) was established in 1983. It rec... - Scottish Consumer Council (SCC)
The SCC ensures that the consumer voice is heard in all relevant areas around nutrition and health i... - Health Scotland
Health Scotland is the national agency for improving the health of our population. Its work covers e... - Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS)
VHS is the first and only national network of voluntary health organisations of its kind in the UK.... - healthyliving campaign: summary report of all phases of users follow-up research 2003-2004
The research aims to assess the impact of the Scottish Executive's healthyliving adviceline and webs... - Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap
This strategy sets out how the Scottish Executive together with its partners in local government,... - HS Library Service
HS library service - Community Perceptions of Dietary Change and Key Influences 1995-2005
This report outlines the qualitative findings from the community level strand of the Review of the I... - Development of a new healthy eating award for caterers across Scotland: report
In September 2004, NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Consumer Council commissioned Blake Stevenso... - Food and Health Network
The Food and Health Network is a forum for knowledge transfer and collaboration between science and... - Healthy Competition
Healthy Competition: How Supermarkets Can Affect Your Chances of a Healthy Diet, reports on the NCC'... - British Dietetic Association
The British Dietetic Association, established in 1936, is the professional association for dietitian... - HMIE Interim Report on Hungry for Success
This report describes progress up to June 2005 in implementing the key recommendations and underlyin... - Eat Well website
The Food Standards Agency's consumer advice and information site. - Supply-side Changes in Food Retailing in Scotland 1995-2005
This report looks at changes in food retailers in Scotland from 1995-2005. - Oakley Fruit and Vegetable Co-Op: Start-up Pack
Guide to running a fruit and vegetable co-op containing information and guidelines to help avoid som... - Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion Forum Meeting and Updates
The Department of Health's meeting minutes and updates from the Food and Drink Advertising and Promo... - Hungry for Success: A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland
Hungry for Success is about a whole school approach to school meals through partnerships between chi... - Evaluation of Towards Healthy Eating Resource Pack for primary healthcare professionals
An Evaluation of Towards Healthy Eating Resource Pack for primary healthcare professionals (2001). - Towards healthyliving: a Guide for Health Professionals
A Guide for Health Professionals: Encouraging people in the community to make small-scale changes to... - Changes in Diet and Food Access Report
Changes in Diet and Food Access, 1992-2002 A Review of Existing Findings Within West of Scotland T... - Review of the Local Food Sector in Scotland Report (2003)
A study, commissioned by the Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS), was initiated on behalf of... - Health Promoting Schools
The National Health Promoting Schools website has information and resources to help schools take pos... - Minding Your Own Business
This toolkit, produced by the Community Food and Health (Scotland) and formerly known as the Scottis... - Hungry for Success: a whole school approach revised target nutrient specfication for Scotland
The target nutrient specifications for manufactured foods are to be used by procurers and caterers o... - Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN)
SACN is an advisory committee of independent experts that provides advice to the Food Standards Agen... - Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
The FDF is the voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry. FDF promotes the industry's vi... - Food Vision
This website acts as an information portal for local authorities as well as community members who wa... - healthyliving award
The healthyliving award gives national recognition to caterers and food outlets that help their cust... - Breakfast service provision for school-aged children: a mapping exercise
Breakfast service provision for school-aged children: a mapping exercise (2002) - The Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives
The Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives provides national support and a range of high quality... - UK Public Health Association
The United Kingdom Public Health Association (UKPHA) is an independent voluntary organisation, forme... - Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Scotland (2006)
This guide to primary prevention of cardiovascular health is a report on behalf of the Heart Health... - Starting Up
Starting Up is a resource giving advice and guidance for running a catering business from the Food S...
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