food skills
Barking and Dagenham Council is considering how practical food education, including budgeting and cultural aspects, can support a new healthy weight strategy.
In February 2026, Barking and Dagenham Council's Health Scrutiny Committee reviewed the early impact of a new healthy weight commissioning model. This strategy, which aims to address obesity through a community-led approach, identified practical food education that considers budgets and cultures as a key theme from stakeholder and resident engagement.
The council's new model shifts from individual-focused programmes towards a long-term, sustainable approach, with food skills being considered as part of broader healthy lifestyle support. No further meetings or decisions on food skills are currently scheduled.
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