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Barnet Schools Caroline Jenkins Senior operations manager ISS

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Children’s food in England - some statistics

• Children aged 1-3 consume double the amount of recommended sugar
• 1 in 3 children live in relative poverty
• 1 in 4 children have tooth decay by the time they start school
• 1 in 10 children eat the required 5 a day of fruit and vegetables
• UK families consume the most ultra-processed diet in Europe 50.7%
• Fewer than 1 in 10 children eat enough fish
• Parents save £10 per week by taking up the UIFSM entitlement
• Only 1.6% of packed lunches meet the nutritional requirements for a healthy diet
• Children in Food for life school are twice as likely to eat their 5 a day

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Tackling healthy eating in Barnet Schools

• There are initiatives already in place in Barnet such as:
• Weight Management for 0-18 years
• Healthy Children`s Centres
• Oral health promotion
• However, these currently don’t go far enough in helping to reduce obesity levels.
• ISS serve over 16,000 meals per day in Barnet and therefore have a massive opportunity

to make a big impact on healthy eating education across the schools in Barnet

• We are currently accredited with Soil association Silver Food for Life award.

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What is currently being done?

• A large number of schools in Barnet currently hold a Healthy Schools London Award. 103

schools are registered with 59 achieving Bronze, 31 with Silver and 13 with a Gold Award.

• Working to improve uptake of lunch and vegetables. Introduction of crudité stations whilst

pupils queueing for lunch

• All schools in Barnet that ISS manage have menus that adhere to not only the School

Food Plan, but have also received Silver Awards as part of the Soil Association Award Scheme.

• Working with Nutrition team (Yinka Thomas) at Middlesex university on the implementation
• f Eat Well plate which supports healthy eating and exercise messages.
• Supporting the good food guide for London with accreditations and initiatives.

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What more are ISS doing?

• ISS will be sharing and promoting healthy food items and

initiatives in the Barnet Healthy Schools Newsletter.

• Where possible ISS look at reducing the sugar content in

their recipes.

• Recipe cards on packed lunch bags for pupils to try out at

home.

• Healthy breakfast – supporting schools who hold these

events.

• Parent taster events – operations teams support kitchen

teams in speaking to parents about healthy eating and nutrition.

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What more will ISS be doing?

• Further development is in place on recipes.
• Attending school council meetings, listening to pupils and students
• n menu ideas and at the same time educating them on why menus

contain the items they do.

• ISS are working with Nino Severino from “Learn, Play, Grow” who

are experts in bringing sports and fitness to kids but in a fun way! Incorporating sport and healthy diets.

• Continuing to share ideas on how to eat more healthily.
• Training days held for Kitchen managers with the ISS Association

for Nutrition accredited course ‘Healthy eating for school food’. This is held during the school holidays

• Dessert once per week replaced by fruit for the other 4 days.

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Any questions?

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