In the 1990s, education officials in the Catalonian government launched a programme to develop healthy eating habits among youngsters and
improve school canteen services.
Not exact matches
But as the nutritional content of
school canteen meals has
improved, the healthiness of the content of lunchboxes has been left behind.
It's been exciting engaging with
schools to pull together case studies on things like
improving behavior in the
canteen and providing healthy food at an affordable price.»
I am currently supporting clients towards better quality food selection and weight management and working with a
school to
improve the
canteen food as well as starting a buying club for quality foods in my area.
The links between a healthier lunch and better concentration from pupils in the afternoons are well documented, but an independent study looking at the relationship between
school meal take up and dining environments suggests that the huge efforts to
improve the quality of
school food over the last six years could go to waste unless
schools ensure their
canteens are also fit for purpose.
Before submitting their successful bid to
Canteen Rescue for new tables and chairs, Alison Walsh, head teacher at Greenfield Primary
School in Walsall, along with the
schools School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG), made up of pupils from Year 5 and 6, came up with innovative solutions to
improve lunch time.
You can speed - up and
improve operations as well as increase safety on the
school site by effectively removing cash from the premises — even from the
school canteen and vending machines.
With this in mind, the Carbon Trust says that managing energy use in the
school canteen can result in additional benefits of
improving the quality of food produced as well as the working environment for kitchen staff.