Anyone can pledge to become sugar smart from councils and schools to restaurants, hospitals and independent companies. Platinum award winner phe sugar smart gcs government. Change4lifes sugartracking app tops 1m downloads and app. For the january 2016 sugar smart campaign, public health england designed an evaluation that tracked the impact of communications all the way through the amec valid metrics framework, proving its influence, not just on communications outputs and outtakes, but on robust outcomes, including. A quarter of the sugar kids have every day comes from sugary drinks. Change4life is a public health programme in england which began in april 2002, run by public health england. This app has been launched as part of a new campaign by change4life, the governments biggest obesitytackling initiative. Download the change4life sugar smart app for free today, 2016 download the change4life sugar smart app for free today, 2016 your bibliography. The change4life sugar smart app is designed to show quickly and easily how much total sugar is in the things youre buying, eating and drinking, to help you spot it more easily so you can make healthier choices and cut your sugar intake. Change4life sugar smart public health england amec. The free smart recipe app from change4life is an easy way of helping you prepare tasty, healthier meals the whole family will love. The change4life sugar smart app is designed to show quickly and easily how much sugar is in the food and drink youre having.
Change4life sugar smart app springtown healthy journeys. Be snack smart and cut back on sugar with these easy tips and great snack ideas. Download the change4life sugar smart app and search. Jan 04, 2016 phe says young children are eating three times more than the sugar limit. Change4life launch a new sugar smart app with because to help british families take control of their sugar intake to help fight obesity. Download free app and help your family get sugar smart city. Change4life is here to help your family be healthier and happier. Additional packs can be ordered from february onwards from phes school. Thats why the new food scanner app is here to help you and your family make healthier food and drink choices. Nov 04, 2016 drive download of the sugar smart app and engage significant numbers of families with the c4l campaign by offering them free support e.
Download the sugar smart app now to see how much total sugar is in your everyday food and drink. Change4life hits the road to help families get sugar smart. Were all eating too much sugar, saturated fat and salt. The campaign encourages parents to get sugar smart, following revelations that four to ten year olds consume over 5,500 sugar cubes each year which is the average weight of a five year old. The nutrient data in this app is supplied by brandbank and foodswitch. Find simple ideas to reduce kids sugar intake and easy ways to make a swap when you next shop. We help local authorities, organisations, workplaces and individuals to reduce the amount of sugar we all consume. The app includes over 87,000 popular food and drink products. It is the countrys first national social marketing campaign to tackle the causes of obesity. The free smart recipe app from change4life is an easy way of helping you and your family eat tasty, healthier meals the whole family will love.
Change4lifes new healthy eating campaign will be launched in january. Scan the foods in your fridge, cupboard and when you shop 3. Find out how much sugar, sat fat, salt and calories are really inside your food. Ever wondered how much sugar is in your fave cola or salt is in your sauce. Support sustained, healthy changes in daily family habits. You can still tell if products are high or low in sugar by looking at the amount per 100gml on the nutrition information panel. The free app works by scanning the barcode of products, revealing the total sugar, saturated fat and salt inside and providing hints and tips adults plus fun food detectives activities for kids. Swap soft drinks, juice drinks and flavoured milks for water, lowerfat milks and diet, sugar free, or noadded sugar drinks. Through the change4life sugar smart campaign we are encouraging parents to take control of their childrens sugar intake, following revelations that four to 10yearolds consume an estimated 5,500 sugar cubes.
The free sugar smart app, launched today monday 4 january, 2016 by public health england, works by scanning barcodes to reveal the total sugar in food and drink in cubes or grams. For other change4life campaign resources, please click the links below. The be food smart campaign empowers families to take control of their diet by making healthier food and drink choices. The free app works by scanning the barcode of products, revealing the total sugar, saturated fat and salt inside and encourages users to make. Just scan the barcode and see how much sugar it contains. Use the food scanner app to see how much sugar is in your favourite food or drink look for. Sugar content is brought to life on the screen with a visual of sugar cubes.
We all love tasty food but its not always easy to cook for the family if youre short on time and the kids are picky. Families will be able to see live demonstrations of the new sugar smart app, get free information packs and ask questions about sugar. New change4life campaign set to help families cut back on sugar. The free app works by scanning the barcode of products and revealing the amount of total sugar it contains in cubes and grams. Download the posters from brighton and hove calling on residents to swap sugary items and sugary drinks for sugarfree alternatives.
Look out for the new sugar smart world takehome packs. Phe launches new change4life campaign to help families cut back on sugar after research reveals children have already exceeded the maximum sugar intake for an 18yearold by the age of 10 while childrens sugar intakes have declined slightly in recent years, they are still consuming around 8 excess sugar cubes each day, equivalent to around. Parents urged to get free sugar app to check products bbc news. Change4life is the british governments flagship brand focused on tackling childhood obesity. Change4life s sugar tracking app tops app stores with 1m downloads amid obesity debate. Help people manage their diet as one of their stroke risk factors. But dont worry, our meal mixer will take care of that for you. Change4life economics bibliographies cite this for me. Download change4life smart recipes and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad and ipod touch.
Scan the foods in your fridge, cupboard and when you shop. Further resources, including recipes and ideas for. Remembering ingredients and keeping track of portion sizes can be a hassle. Jan, 2016 the change4life sugar smart app is designed to show quickly and easily how much sugar is in the food and drink youre having. Phe says young children are eating three times more than the sugar limit. Eat well wirral is designed to help you find healthier takeaway options in wirral. Health chiefs hope the app will help families combat tooth decay, obesity and type 2 diabetes and encourage them to choose healthier alternatives.
Change4life st bartholomews catholic primary school. Find out more about whats really in the food your family eats. Change4life aims to help families make small, sustainable yet significant improvements to their diet and activity levels. To go along with the sugar smart pack, families can download the change4life sugar smart app to help them visualise the sugar lurking in foods. See for yourself the amount of total sugar in everyday food and drinks s. The sugar smart app is free to download from app stores. Quasiexperimental study comparing the proportion of swaps made by an intervention group 267 families who had signed up to the smart swaps campaign. Change4life s sugar smart app has topped 1m downloads, and remained in the top ten most downloaded apps in the uk across android and ios. The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based grams per pack100gmlportion, when that information is available.
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