Nutrition: Health Education
(asked on 13th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage middle-aged people to eat healthily.
Public Health England promotes a healthy balanced diet based on the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, which underpins national policy relating to nutrition. The Eatwell Guide applies to most people from the age of five years, including the middle-aged, and can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide
The Eatwell Guide principles are communicated through a variety of channels, including the Government’s 5 A Day campaign, PHE’s catering guidance, PHE social marketing campaigns and the NHS.uk website. These can be viewed at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-5-a-day-logo
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/
PHE’s social marketing campaign One You was developed to encourage middle-aged adults to make and sustain changes to improve their health. The campaign focuses on promoting eating well, quitting smoking, physical activity and reducing alcohol consumption. One You provides information, advice and online tools, including the ‘How Are You’ quiz, website, email programme, and a suite of mobile apps. The One You campaign can be viewed at the following link:
PHE also continues to work closely with local authorities to encourage use of PHE tools and resources on nutrition, as part of local initiatives.