PURELY Nutrition, which has pioneered healthy eating in more than 1,860 primary schools through its PhunkyFoods programme, has for the third time been recognised for its work in the campaign against childhood obesity by the Royal Society for Public Health. The Harrogate-based company is one …

Happy ‪#‎InternationalChefsDay‬ everyone! We hope all of our schools involved cook up a storm and have a great time! Here’s Steve, a Nestlé Professional chef, cooking with pupils from Northowram Primary in Halifax, and helping to raise awareness of healthy eating for children.

So it’s British Food Fortnight and we thought we’d share one of our favourite recipes showcasing British apples. UK-grown apples are in season from September to the end of the year. There are an exciting variety of flavours, textures and shades – although you may …

Huge thanks to Greetlands Primary in Halifax for hosting not only ourselves but also the Channel 4 News team last week. Staff and pupils from Greetlands were, as always, fabulously Phunky! You can see them in action, alongside our very own Phunky dietitian, Michelle, in …

Early findings from independent research conducted by Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan) suggest that health education programme PhunkyFoods is improving knowledge and making some positive changes to the behaviour of primary school children. The results come the week after Public Health England published its …

On Tuesday this week the PhunkyFoods team descended on the beautiful Palace of Westminster for a celebratory drinks reception to mark 10 years of PhunkyFoods. In that time we have reached over 1500 primary schools, SEN and early years settings; delivering healthy eating and physical …

Timed to coincide with back to school week we have another call from health professionals for real action against childhood obesity. You can read more on that here. I’m not sure another committee is truly the answer; but I do know we  need to keep …

This week saw the arrival of new school food standards from the Department for Education in England. The new standards, which are designed to make it easier for school cooks to create imaginative, flexible and nutritious menus, will become a legal requirement for schools in …

As a nation we’re still eating too much sugar, salt and saturated fat, and not enough fruit & veg, fibre and oily fish, according to data published by Public Health England last week.  There’s also a risk of vitamin D deficiency  across all age groups, …

A big PhunkyFoods ‘like‘ for Deputy PM Nick Clegg’s announcement that all 5-7 year old children in England will receive free school meals from next September! (1)  At a time when family budgets are being squeezed in all directions, diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies such …