Dr Verner Wheelock
Verner Wheelock is a leading expert in nutrition and health,
having been interested in the subject for over 25 years. He has spoken and written widely on various aspects of Healthy Eating. In 1997, he edited ‘Implementing Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Eating’ – a compilation of Healthy Eating policies and programmes from many different countries which was extremely well received.
With all the recent interest in Healthy Eating for schools, he felt that there was a need for a book highlighting examples of good practice, with the aim of inspiring many more people to improve the food provision in their schools. Hence, Healthy Eating in Schools - A Handbook of Practical Case Studies has been published. It contains lots of useful ideas that you can put into practice in your school.
Background
Verner was brought up on a farm in Co. Wexford, Ireland. He studied Agricultural Chemistry at Queen’s University, Belfast and did research on milk secretion in cows for his PhD at the National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading.
During his time at the University of Bradford (1967 – 1993) he established the Food Policy Research Unit which pioneered research on the impact of the emerging recommendations in Healthy Eating for the food and agriculture industries.
In 1990 he founded Verner Wheelock Associates, which specialises in food safety and nutrition consultancy and training.
