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Tess Capper

@TessCapper

RNutr and Information Analyst at Public Health Scotland

 Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined June 2012
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New names for August: - Rainuary - Early Autumn - Apparently Summer - Grim - Rubbish - Such A Shame - Warmish, Wet, Grey Bastard
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@Hermesparcels and today's was attempted to wrong address again, so back in the van it went...
Why should you eat #wholegrains regularly as part of a #healthydiet? 🌾 Because they can contain up to 75% more nutrients than refined cereals, are a great source of #fibre, vitamins, minerals & phytochemicals, and can reduce the risk of many common diseases. #WholeGrainWeek
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MyNutriWeb@MyNutriWeb9 Mar 2021
🌞Sunlight is the main source of vitamin D 👉We are taking a look at the sunshine calendar, showing which months we can get enough vitamin D through the sunlight. #KCLChildNutrition #MyNutriWeb @BdaMaternal @lifecourse_KCL @KingsCollegeLon @BDA_Dietitians @BDAPublicHealth
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Spending a day off learning about early life nutrition with @MyNutriWeb. Always such a good resource for CPD with great speakers
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Welcome to March. We’ve had a stern chat with last March who has assured us this March will be much less, how shall we say, horrific. So keep the masks on, keep diving into hedges to avoid people, you know the drill, and let’s trundle our way towards a lovely Summer. As you were.
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@D_Rob__12 Dec 2020
Sweet Jesus I’m a mess. 😭 Well worth 2 mins if you are a parent teapawt.org/ItsDxvd/status/1337362… – at Tennessee, USA
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We are often told to limit our intake of foods & drinks with a high content of fat, #saturatedfat, sugar and salt. 🤷🏼‍♂️ But how to know how much is too much? 🤷🏽‍♀️
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More nutrition education resources for teachers
Food - a fact of life (@Foodafactoflife) profile pictureFood - a fact of life@Foodafactoflife2 Dec 2020
If you’re a primary teacher teaching children about healthy, sustainable lifestyles, then check out the ELAC digital toolkit. ELAC is a six-lesson programme comprising lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, posters and activity cards. Take a look bit.ly/33V1NyK
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DfE publishes guidance on school food and Brexit publicsectorcatering.co.uk/n…

DfE publishes guidance on school food and Brexit

Here is the guidance from the DfE: Contacting suppliers You should contact any food suppliers before 1 January 2021, to check whether: they’ll need to change meals or ingredients their secondary...

publicsectorcatering.co.uk
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Check out this 360˚ video of a tomato, bean and piquillo pepper's journey from seed to supermarket. What nutrients do they provide? What conditions do they need to grow? How can they be preserved to eat out of season? @GrupoAN_Natural #EITfoodschoolnework youtube.com/watch?v=YDHkA9f_…
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@elenasantacruz @EITFood @almiiiron @QUBIGFS @FI_QUB
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Do you think consumers are connected to the food they eat? Would you like to hear more about #PersonalisedNutrition? Join 'Revolutionising the Food Chain' on @FutureLearn& find out how important tech & #digitalisation across the food chain is to #consumers bit.ly/35ktphv
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Would you like to have your say on improving food choices in children? @azti_brta are compiling short videos on 5 topics of the #EITFoodschoolnetwork 🙋‍♀️Accepting submissions until 22nd Dec, so plenty of time to have your voice heard 👀Watch videos at cutt.ly/WSN_YT
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👀YouTube fans can watch some great videos created by @azti_brta as part of the #EITFoodschoolnetwork. Quick tips on improving food choices in kids, easy and healthy recipes and more details about the 3-yr @EITFood School Network project ➡️youtube.com/watch?v=wPCW6oEO…
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This looks to be a great free conference for primary and secondary school teachers on food education at school
Food - a fact of life (@Foodafactoflife) profile pictureFood - a fact of life@Foodafactoflife22 Nov 2020
Just one week to go until our next conference - Childhood obesity: How much is food education in schools part of the solution? (Scotland) running next Saturday 9.00-12.30! You can still register for the event - bit.ly/2UBEgNA
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📢Upcoming Webinar: Where next for children’s food provision? nuffieldfoundation.org/event…

Where next for children’s food provision? - Nuffield Foundation

This webinar launched the final report of Birgitta Rabe and Angus Holford’s Nuffield Foundation-funded...

nuffieldfoundation.org
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The team at @azti_brta have launched a LinkedIn group to discuss promoting positive food choices and reducing food wastage in children 🔍Find out more at eitfoodschoolnetwork.com and join the discussion at linkedin.com/groups/8968734/. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Widening the #EITFoodschoolnetwork
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@elenasantacruz @almiiiron @HennaVepsalaine @Maikkie1 @WoodsideJayne @EITFood @FI_QUB
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Sharing my experience of being a @MealMakersScot cook on the @EatWellScot blog. It's been wonderful getting to know my diner
Eat Well Age Well (@EatWellScot) profile pictureEat Well Age Well@EatWellScot18 Nov 2020
NEW GUEST BLOG! This month researcher in public health nutrition @TessCapper shares her experience of supporting older people to eat well by volunteering with @MealMakersScot READ HERE: bit.ly/38PqTSt
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