Healthy Eating is an important part of maintining good physical, musculoskeletal and mental health. This page contains information about how you can eat well and stay healthy. 

The Eatwell Guide defines a healthy and balanced diet as including: 

• 5 Portions of a varity of fruit and veg a day 
• Meals based on potatoes, bread, rice or other starchy carbohydrates
• Include some dairy or dairy alternatives in your diet 
• Eat some  beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat as part of your diet 
• Choose unsaturated oils eaten in small amounts

You can find lots more information and visual depictions of what this looks like in practice, as well as other types of diets on the pages below.

British Nutrition Foundation have lots of resources on eating a healthy and balanced diet. 

The Eatwell Guide also provides a really easy to read and understand guide to different types of foods and proportions.

 

Snack Basket 

In the Office, we'll be providing healthier food and drink options for when you're at your desk fancying a snack. If you've got suggestions for what you'd like us to get in, drop an e-mail to our wellbeing champion, Cassie. 

 

Preparing and Storing your Food

All staff have access to the microwave in McIntyre House should they wish to re-heat or cook their own food and can use the Fridge in the Moss Housde office to store food.