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Apps

Change4Life Be Food Smart

This fun app allows you to scan food items to see what it contains, to help you make smarter food choices.

Jamie’s Recipes

Check out some of Jamie Oliver's latest meal ideas with step by step easy to follow recipes.

Change4life Smart Recipes

Quick and easy recipes to help you make some healthy swaps in your diet.

Change4life Food Scanner

Want a way to keep track of all the sugar, fat, salt and calorie content in the food you are consuming? Check out this barcode scanner app - it's fun for kids too!

Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker by My FitnessPal

Keep track of those calories and your daily nutritional intake with this free calorie counter.

Websites

Health Help Now

Health Help Now aims to help residents find the right service in Croydon for their health needs, including a symptoms checker and services and advice on health related problems.

Sugar Smart Croydon

Get tips on reducing your sugar intake by joining the SUGAR SMART campaign.

The Eatwell Guide - NHS Choices

Are you eating a balanced diet? Check out this guide on how you can eat a more balanced diet.

Money Saving Expert - food shopping tips

Tips and advice for doing the weekly food shop and avoiding those impulse buys.

BHF - tips for healthy eating on a budget

Check out these useful hints and tips on how you can make small changes to improve your diet on a budget.

BBC Good Food - How to… Tips for Cooking

Check out these great tips on everything from budget meals to basic cooking skills.

BBC Good Food

A collection of healthy recipes for people on a budget.

NHS - Healthy Eating

Losing weight can be hard work - why not try these NHS tips to give you an extra boost.

Videos

Jamie’s Sugar Rush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS4zLOws7jM

Here, Jamie Oliver takes on the big battle against excessive sugar consumption.

Croydon’s Food Flagship

Find out more about Croydon's Food Flagship - a new scheme that helps children and adults learn more about healthy eating and how they can improve their diets.

The Tonight Show - The Great British Diet

We sometimes eat food for the sake of eating and never understanding the impact it can have on our waistlines. This video shows that although we might be consuming the right amount of calories, we don't get the right nutrients for a healthy body.

British Heart Foundation - Healthy Food Swaps

Here are some quick and simple tips that you can use in your day to day life to improve the way you eat.

Podcasts

Start Cooking

Is your life so hectic that you just don't have the time to learn how to cook properly? Learn the basics with these handy podcasts.

Healthy Eating - British Nutrition Foundation

This short podcast can be used to communicate good food choices to families and children in a simple way.

Fat to Fit Radio

Listen to some ways you can make lifestyle changes to make healthy eating part of your daily routine.

Dishing Up Nutrition

Listen to some tips from nutritionists and dieticians on how your diet can have an effect on how you feel.

Health Tools - BE FOOD SMART