Industry Watch
apetito Wiltshire Farm Foods Appoints Senior Dietitian
21st April 2025
Leading meals producer, apetito Wiltshire Farm Foods, has appointed a new Senior Dietitian, Rachel Sipaul, to its New Product Development team.
Joining from ‘Education Catering’ with Hampshire County Council, Rachel led on nutritional support for children across 400+ schools. Speaking of her new role, Rachel says:
“I’m delighted to join apetito Wiltshire Farm Foods as Senior Dietitian. The company is renowned within the Healthcare, Care Homes, Education and Social Care sectors for its award-winning meals and for its pioneering work across specialist nutrition.
Bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces derailed by industry lobbying
21st April 2025
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that the advertising industry's lobbying is hindering plans which aim to protect public health. These plans involved prohibiting junk food adverts from billboards and bus stops.
The advertising industry have warned local authorities who are struggling financially that the councils’ advertising profits will decline if they obstruct the promotion of foods high in fat, salt, or sugar (HFSS). The BMJ investigation has found that these warnings have resulted in some English local authorities postponing their plans in spite of the possible benefits to public health.
Predicting older people’s frailty helps doctors intervene earlier
7th April 2025
Researchers have improved the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) – which is used to predict older peoples’ risks of living with frailty. Medical professionals can now help to prevent falls, provide holistic care, reduce medications and provide exercise programmes to increase independence with the new Electronic Frailty Index 2 (eFI2).
The new Electronic Frailty Index 2 (eFI2) is available to 60% of England’s GPs. A paper published by researchers at University of Leeds and University College London has concluded that the eFI2 can predict more accurately older people’s risk of falls, need for home care, admission to care homes or death.
UNESCO Report: School meals need to be of better quality
7th April 2025
UNESCO has published a new report 'Education and Nutrition: Learn to Eat Well' developed along with the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition.
The new UNESCO report highlights the importance of school meals for the education and health of children. The report summarises that although many children have access to school meals, more emphasis needs to be placed on the nutritional value of the produce used for school meals.
UNESCO also recommends including food education in school courses.