Healthy eating

Healthy Eating

Parents today are increasingly concerned about their children's eating habits. With this in mind, this area has been included and Parent Friendly would very much welcome emails offering appropriate information to be included here.

Plymouth City Council assess local catering businesses and food outlets under the Choose Health Award initiative. The Healthy Eating Award is assessed by the University of Plymouth's dietetics department. Businesses will be able to display a certificate and window sticker to indicate that they offer safe and healthy food in a healthy environment. Information about the scheme is available on Tel: (01752) 304743.

Helpful advice from the Food Standards Agency

Diggin' It: Penlee Valley Allotments, Top of Raynham Road, Stoke, Plymouth PL3 4EU Offer a delicious range of affordable seasonal organically grown local vegetables, freshly harvested to order. This is a community project - the overriding aim of the project is to provide an environment that will benefit a range of vulnerable or socially disadvantaged people, helping them to become better integrated within the community and bringing communities together. Follow the link for further information including opening times.

Kiddies Kitchen Ltd Paddons Row, Tavistock PL19 0HF Tel: 01822 611177. Specialist baby and children's food shop offering organic fruit and vegetables, organic dairy and soya products, frozen organic meals and purees, healthy snacks, feeding accessories, etc. Also have bottle and breast feeding facilities and nappy changing area.

Organic Kids Foods Ltd Unit 10, 21 Burrington Way, Plymouth, PL5 3LR Tel: (01752) 242235. Delivers freshly-prepared, organic and whole food lunches, afternoon teas and healthy snacks to pre-school children in South Devon. Also deliver a range of flash-frozen organic purees to families within a 12 mile radius of Plymouth. Follow the link to their website.

Riverford Organic Vegetables Ltd Staverton, South Devon. Supply organic seasonal vegetable boxes to your home. Tel: (01803) 762720. Follow the link to their website.

Simon Barrett Greengrocers: 27 Marlborough Street, Plymouth, PL1 4AH Tel: (01752) 562147 offer fruit and vegetables, milk, free range eggs, fresh Cornish beef and pork products "at a price more competitive than supermarkets", delivered free to your door in the Plymouth area.

MEND programme (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition and Do It) - set up by a team from Great Ormond Street Hospital to promote healthy lifestyles. Children aged 7 to 13 attend for nine weeks - two hours, twice a week - with a parent or carer for fun, informative exercise and nutrition sessions.

North Prospect Food Co-op, based in the Halcyon Centre. Tel: (01752) 300483 or 203670 Customers buy "food bags" each containing a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. The club also provides a forum for people to meet up and find out how to produce good recipes which include fresh fruit and veg.

Oasis Project 28 Manor Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth. Tel: (01752) 254981 Offer a vegetable box scheme at £3 per bag. Special deals include a free toy with Healthy Start vouchers. Sell Fair Trade and Traidcraft goods. Also run Oasis Cafe offering healthy food using fresh ingredients; children's lunch bags are available and there are high chairs and toys. Wheat-, gluten- and dairy-free options available. Open Monday 9.00 - 1.00 pm, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00 - 2.00 pm.

Plymouth Farmers Market offers fresh, locally-produced food at Plymouth city centre, outside the Market at the bottom of New George Street, on the second and fourth Saturday of every month from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. Visit Plymouth City Council website for dates.

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