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Tips for creating a healthy school

Amy Cook suggests three ways your school community can get healthy and stay healthy this year

With the new year well underway and well-intentioned health-improving resolutions most likely falling by the wayside for adults and children alike, now seems like a good time to take stock and look at how schools can play their part in promoting healthy lifestyles all year round.

So, to help reinvigorate your 2016 health-kick, here are three practical steps you can take to help pupils achieve healthier and happier lives year-round – and not just a healthier January.

If you are a follower of the School Food Plan, you will know that in 2013 it reported that just one in every 100 packed lunches met the nutritional standards for school food in place at that time. While tighter standards have since been introduced for school food itself, it is no wonder that some schools also keep tabs on what students bring in to eat from home.

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