Education Business

Nutrient-based standards
In order to comply with the new legislation school caterers will have to keep detailed records of all foods/ingredients used in the preparation of meals.  This information is then used to calculate the nutritional composition of the food served to the children.  If the results do not comply with the Nutrient-based Standards then changes will have to be made to the menu.

Verner Wheelock has conducted a thorough evaluation of the background to these Standards and concluded that because of the errors and approximations involved the exercise is totally meaningless. The full report is available on www.healthyeatinginschools.co.uk

The School Food Trust implies that caterers should be looking at individual menus. Furthermore, some schools have already purchased expensive computer programme to do the calculations.

It is important to realise that:

The legislation applies to a menu cycle not to individual meals or menus.

An expensive computer programme is not necessary to do the calculations.

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Training
Verner Wheelock Associates provides a range of training courses in nutrition and food safety.

These include:
CIEH Healthier Food and Special Diets (1 day) – ideal for hands-on catering staff and catering assistants.

RIPH Certificate in Nutrition and Health (3 days) – aimed to all those who wish to have a good understanding of nutritional principles and practice.  This course is suitable for school cooks and catering supervisors or healthy schools co-ordinators.

RIPH Diploma in Nutrition and Health (5 days) – for those who wish to progress to a more advanced level.  The Diploma course is aimed at catering managers and health promotion professionals.

The feedback from previous delegates is invariably first class and many of our candidates have been awarded prizes by the Royal Institute of Public Health for the highest marks gained in the examination in any given year. Further details on www.vwa.co.uk

Healthy Eating in Schools: a Handbook of Practical Casestudies
edited by Verner Wheelock.

This book contains a wealth of information on many different aspects of healthy eating in schools.  All of the case studies selected have been demonstrably successfully and provide numerous tried and tested ideas which schools will find very valuable.

The book can be purchased from www.healthyeatinginschools.co.uk    £9.99

Verner Wheelock Associates
4 Stable Courtyard
Broughton Hall Business Park
SKIPTON
BD23 3AE
Tel: 01756 700802
Fax: 01756 700807
www.healthyeatinginschools.co.uk

For training enquiries contact Helen Moore on 01756 700802
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