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A pilot project-involving year 11 Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle Pupils and Yr Orsaf Community Hub (see web link below). Background Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle expressed an interest in offering a group of 6 year 11 pupils the opportunity to attend a Come and Cook course over 6 weeks. The Come and Cook course is one of the...

Did you know that healthy eating and physical activity patterns established during childhood and early years provide an important foundation for a child’s future health and wellbeing?  The Welsh Government Guidelines for Food & Nutrition in Childcare settings reports practicing healthy habits early on can have a positive influence on how children develop, grow and...

Pupils and their parents or grandparents have taken art in an innovative cookery course at Brynteg Primary School in Wrexham developed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s Public Health Dietetics team. The course, Come and Cook with your Child, is adapted from the award-winning North Wales Come and Cook course. It enables four to five-year-olds...

A first of its kind mobile App has been launched to help support pregnant women with information from NHS professionals that they can rely on.   The App called Foodwise in Pregnancy, includes six sections to work through at your own pace with recipes, shopping tips and a meal planner, as well as step-by-step exercises ideal...

Healthy Snack Award piloted in Carmarthenshire The Healthy Snack Award has recently been piloted in Carmarthenshire and Eco Tywi Early Years Childcare was one of the initial settings that were successful in gaining the award. The award demonstrates that Eco Tywi is putting recommendations from the Welsh Government’s Food and Nutrition in Childcare Settings Best...

New practical cookery sessions to help people learn to cook healthy home-made meals have been a success with locals in Penley, Wrexham.  Betsi Cadwaladr University Healthy Board’s (BCUHB) Public Health Dietetic Team, based in Flintshire and Wrexham, are back out in the community delivering a ‘Preparing a Healthy Meal’ course as part of a Nutrition Skills...

Powys Teaching Health Board is encouraging people with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 to sign up for an online weight management programme. Foodwise for Life – led by dietetic support workers – is a nine-week programme and is part of the Welsh Government’s All Wales Obesity Pathway. Nicola Evans, 51, from Builth...

A man from Newtown has been inspired to lose weight and start a new Caribbean food business thanks to a NHS Wales weight management programme called ‘Foodwise for Life.’ Johnal Simpson had just moved to Newtown from South Wales as lockdown began: “My relationship with food was rarely healthy during the past four years. Living...

A Public Health Dietitian is urging pregnant women and those trying for a baby to ensure they are getting enough folic acid, following concerns the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the ability for families to access vitamins. Last month Andrea Basu , and colleagues at the dietetics department in the Wrexham Maelor, launched a local project...

PORTHMADOG children have benefitted from a mouth-watering new initiative. Pictured right: The children of Meithrinfa Hen Ysgol Porthmadog with nursery owner Donna Maria Ojemeyi (centre) who have received their Tiny Tums Best Practice certificate Children at nurseries in Gwynedd are now making use of a nutrition scheme developed and delivered by dietitians. Meithrinfa Hen Ysgol...