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The article looks at an initiative to keep cooking and food education a requirement for British students between the ages of five and 14. English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver led the Feed Me Even Better campaign, which states that practical cooking lessons could help prevent child obesity. According to the article, the number of students taking food technology courses has decreased and schools have cut courses due to a lack of funding for ingredients, teacher training, and food technicians.

The article focuses on the issue of addition of cooking in England's compulsory curriculum under the government-supported School Food Plan as of August 2014. Topics discussed include impact of changes in the new curriculum on schools under financial pressure, role of the School Food Plan to get children growing, cooking and learning about food and challenges related to the plan.

Focuses on the efficiency of food technology teaching. Effort of food technology teachers to include as much cooking as possible in food technology teaching; Shortage of qualified teachers for the food technology teaching; Approach to the delivery of food teaching through design and technology subject.

Presents job advertisements for food technology teaching positions for secondary schools in Great Britain as of January 31, 2003.

Recounts the ridicule experienced by researchers who have published works on eating rules. Concerns on the neglect of the study of food choices in anthropology; Criticisms on the study of aesthetic principle governing the structure of meals; Collaboration of four teams of American scientists to study food habits in different ethnic communities.

The article offers advice to teachers for organizing practical food technology classes, such as encouraging peer assessment of cooking skills, starting a discussion about food poisoning prevention, and teaching students to adapt recipes.

The article offers information on several resources can be found at the "Times Educational Supplement" (TES) Resources for teaching food, health, and body image topics which include "Teachers TV", "TrueTube", and "FACEonline."

The article presents information on Great Britain's 2007 "Year of Food and Farming," which aims to increase students' knowledge of food and where it comes from. Bill Graham, chief executive of Farming and Countryside Education, helped prepare farmers for working with young students during school trips, and he hopes that every child will have the chance to visit a farm during the year. He expresses hope that school/farm relationships will develop and that the "Kids Connect" website will be used.

Focuses on the nutritional content of foods discussed during a lesson on obesity prevention in Great Britain. Nutrition policy promoted by the government called "Eat more fruit and vegetables"; Portions of fruits and vegetables to be consumed; Usual kind of food consumed by children.

Presents a job advertisement for a food technology teacher for the middle school education in England as of April 11, 2003.

Features educational multimedia materials produced by the Flour and Grain Education Programme to help pupils understand the relationship between the countryside, manufacturing processes and flour-based food in Great Britain.

Offers teaching tips for teaching about the force-feeding of geese. Questions for discussion; Critical thinking analysis; Writing activity.

Describes the program Focus on Food's Cooking Bus by Design Dimension Educational Trust/RSA. Skills which school children will learn from the program; Hands-on food experience for children.

Examines the teaching of A-level food technology in Great Britain. Lack of resources for teachers when food technology courses were introduced in 1995; Study of teaching materials by the British Nutrition Foundation; Need for quality resources and training facilities for teachers; Benefits of syllabus specific textbooks.

Provides information about the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority's Chefs in Schools project, which aims to teach young people how to appreciate good food. Promotion of links between food experts, restaurants and chefs, and schools and colleges; Composition of the project's steering group.

Highlights initiatives that ensure children to think critically about food marketing in Great Britain. Requirements on the teaching of food and health in the national curriculum; National Heart Forum's campaign for an accreditation scheme for sponsored materials; Food companies' school sponsorship activities.

Reports on technological developments in study and teaching of foods in Great Britain as of October 20, 1995. Competition which addressees the issue of food poisoning in the classroom organized as part of the National Schools Food and Safety and Hygiene Project; Development made on a key stage 2 food technology project on ice-cream production by Kathryn Macauley.