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Obesity in Scotland: an epidemiology briefing New report shows Scotland has second highest rate of obesity in the world, beaten only by the US. http://www.scotpho.org.uk/web/site/home/Publications/scotphoreports/pub_obesityinscotland.asp Further evaluation of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme 2003 the New Opportunities Fund commissioned NFER, in partnership with nutritionists from the University of Leeds, to evaluate the impact of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) regional roll-out. http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research-areas/pims-data/summaries/further-evaluation-of-the-school.cfm Evaluation of the Full-service Extended Schools Initiative This report presents the findings of the national evaluation of full-service extended schools. These schools are part of the government's overall vision to offer a core set of extended Get Involved on every school site by 2010. http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/IG00240/ FSM Bill Consultation Background Information Free Healthy School Meals for every child in Scotland would make a major impact on our notoriously bad Scottish diet, and for a fraction of the money than the big fast food chains spend on advertising. Consultation Background Information Hull City Council "Eat well, do well" conference The conference was attended by about 150 people, consisting of primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, some headteachers, caterers, academics from Hull University who are tracking the project, and meals supervisors. Hull City Council "Eat well, do well" conference Still Hungry for Success? Targeting the poor and the case of Free School Meals: Carlo J. Morelli & Paul T. Seaman, University of Dundee This paper assesses the extent to which opportunities exist for an extension of the entitlement to free school meals, in order to improve the targeting of free school meals to children from the poorest of households, and the extent to which changes in free school meal provision leads to a regionally specific impact on child poverty due to variations of household composition within the English regions and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/econman/discussion/discussion.html Baseline Research of Implementation of Recommendations of Expert Panel on School Meals TNS System Three Social Research has published 'Baseline Research of Implementation of Recommendations of Expert Panel on School Meals'. It forms a picture of school meals provision before the recommendations were implemented. A high proportion of children were making unhealthy choices such as pizza, chips and sweet fizzy drinks, but there was interest in healthier options. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/13110440/0
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