Sugar Smart parent pack

Contains helpful information for families on the new sugar guidelines.

"They have stimulated a great deal of questioning and learning that we can already see is making a difference to our children’s and families shopping and eating choices."

Jason O’Rourke, Headteacher, Washingborough Academy, Lincoln

A resource for families:

Focusing on the new sugar guidelines, the Sugar Smart parents' pack provides families with the knowledge and tools they need to help them cut down on sugar. The pack contains a leaflet and stickers for pupils to take home in their book bags. 

To go along with the Sugar Smart pack, families can download the NHS Food Scanner app to help them visualise the sugar in foods. Sugar content is brought to life on the screen with a visual of sugar cubes.

The NHS Food Scanner app can be found on the Apple app store or Google Play app store. Further resources, including recipes and ideas for healthy swaps, will be available from the NHS Healthier Families website to help parents take control of the sugar in their child’s diet.

Try this!

Children can get ideas for healthy swaps from the Sugar Smart parents' pack for their homework activities, in the Food Detectives KS1 and the Food Detectives KS2 toolkits.