Guidance and regulation

The Eatwell Guide is a policy tool used to define government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 2 January 2024

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  1. About the Eatwell Guide The Eatwell Guide, defines the government’s…

Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 13 November 2017

Provides support to businesses on nutrition related requirements of the EU Food Information for Consumers regulation (EU FIC).

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 3 March 2017

A guide and set of resources to support local authorities with implementing a whole systems approach to address obesity and promote a healthy weight.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 14 December 2020

Guidance for local commissioners, providers and schools on running the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 19 December 2023

Sets out the government's quality standards for children, young people and maternity standards.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 October 2004

This guidance gives step-by-step support for businesses on developing a 'Front of Pack' (FoP) nutrition label.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 November 2016

Guidance to support secondary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 November 2015

A technical report outlining guidelines for industry, 2017 baseline calorie levels and next steps.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 7 September 2020

Information for local authorities in England about the grant, which will support local authorities to commission weight management services in 2021 to 2022.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 23 March 2021

Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 29 September 2023

Guidance to support primary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 November 2015

Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 23 May 2019

Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 24 July 2020

A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Training tools providing evidence-based healthy weight messages for the public health workforce to use in discussions with children, young people and families.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 December 2019

Information for local authorities in England about the grant, which will support local authorities to commission weight management services in 2021 to 2022.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 14 October 2021

This document provides best practice guidance to help improve the commissioning of weight management services in local areas.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 18 March 2013

Outlines the provisions of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 17 September 2021

Wellbeing is linked with an individual’s physical health, health behaviours and resilience (the ability to cope with adverse circumstances).

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 28 August 2013