Good Food for Camden - Sustain

Good Food FOr Camden5. Food at homePromoting healthy food choices in the home plays a key role intackling obesity and promoting oral health. Local areas can takesteps to promote healthy eating through implementing a packageof activities that provide the local community with the knowledge,practical skills and confidence to prepare and eat healthy,affordable food.Approximately one third of the food bought in the UK is thrownaway, with the average household throwing away £420 worth ofedible food each year, and more for households with children.Camden Council has found that 33 per cent of domestic waste iskitchen waste, with garden waste (also mostly compostable)accounting for a further 6.4 per cent. The council is committed tomaking Camden a low waste borough and significant reductionscan be made through action to minimise domestic food waste.Case study 5: Community Food ProgrammeThe NHS Camden Community Food Teamprovide a range of workshops and practicalcourses on healthy eating for people living inCamden. Workshops are fun and interactiveand include sessions for parents and childrento cook together, food tasting sessions forfamilies with young children, food championsprogramme for young people, Cooking4lifesessions at healthy living centres andsupermarket tours on food labelling.For more information contact the Community Food Team oneatingwell4life@nhs.net or 020 3317 3317.In 2007/8 the councilcollected andmanaged 72,000 tonsof household waste ofwhich 27.2 per centwas recycled.Camden CouncilCorporate Plan 2008Objectives:■■■■■■increase the number of Camden residents consuming a healthybalanced dietaddress some of the findings in the National Diet and NutritionSurvey by improving cooking practices of Good Food in BMEcommunities to support better healthreduce, recycle and compost food waste and packaging in thehome.page 22