Further Information
Make a Change4Life
- up & about – get moving
- 60 active minutes – it all adds up
- 5 A Day – it's easier than you think
- meal time – yummy, healthy food
- snack check – stay in control
- me sized meals – stay in control
- cut back fat – give fat the elbow
- sugar swap – easy, healthy, yummy
I want to eat healthily
It's important that children eat properly and get lots of exercise to build a healthy body. If they're carrying too much fat in their bodies, they're at greater risk of heart disease and diabetes in later life. If they're underweight it's just as important for them to eat healthy food and be active.
If you'd like you and your family to eat more healthily, the Healthy Borough Programme has a number of projects on offer to help you get started. From cooking classes to awards for food outlets with healthier offerings we're doing what we can to enable you to make the healthy choice.
Change 4 Life has produced a Top Tips for Top Kids booklet full of tip to keep you and your children feeling great.
I want to eat out healthily
It's getting easier to eat out healthily at Tower Hamlets cafes, restaurants, takeaways, and fastfood outlets thanks to the Food for Health Awards. Food businesses that are part of the Awards offer healthier options on their menu such as foods with reduced sugar, fat and salt as well as smaller portions on request. You can t
ell if a food outlet is part of the food for health awards by a commemorative plate or a window sticker in displayed their premises.
I want to Cook4Life
Cook4life is a fun and practical way for parents or carers to get up-to-date information on healthy eating choices, healthy cooking methods and the importance of nutrition for the child’s long term health. The course aims to help parents and carers to prepare healthy recipes which are eaten together with children in a family environment.
Buywell
Tower Hamlets have made it even easier to pick up healthier food closer to home. Local convenience stores across the borough have signed up to our scheme to improve the quality, range and freshness of the fresh fruit and veg they offer.
Healthy Food Network
Tower Hamlets Healthy Food Network brings together individuals and organisations working to improve access to healthy food in Tower Hamlets. Members of the group contribute to, and receive, a regular healthy eating e-bulletin produced by the Public Health Dietitians.