Nutrition charity launches training platform for primary teachers
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has launched a new professional development platform for primary school teachers.
The course - Teaching food in primary: the why, what and how - delivers seven different training modules.
The BNF hopes that the online training will provide much needed additional education for teachers.
This is in response to the results of research which shows that many teachers are getting little training in the area of nutrition.
John Reilly, professor of physical activity and public health science at the University of Strathclyde, said: “Lifestyle in childhood and adolescence is not ‘just’ about health, but is also important to academic attainment.
“The brain is affected by levels of physical activity, body fatness, and physical fitness. Using new evidence on the effects of lifestyle on the brain might be a way of improving educational attainment in the future.”
The course was launched at a London conference for health professionals and educators to mark its 50th anniversary
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