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Join the Real Food Rebellion: Give Your School the Edge

Imagine a classroom where your KS3 students don’t just learn about food. They outsmart the junk. They make choices that matter. That’s the promise of our ready-to-teach, evidence-backed, PSHE-ready six-lesson pack.

We believe young people deserve better than products engineered in factories. Because real food fuels brains, bodies and real futures.

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What if your students actually understood real food?

In this short film, Henry Wood speaks directly to teachers about the reality students are growing up in – a food system designed to boost profit not health. Real Food Rebellion gives schools the tools to change that.

If you want students to understand food before it harms them: Start here.

Background

Young people aren’t the problem, they’re the solution

Give them the truth about food – the science, the health impact, the food system story – and they’ll make better choices than most adults. Our mission is to equip a new generation with the clarity and confidence to say: “I want real food, thanks.”

of teens want clearer advice on how to eat better
75%
want food labels to be transparent
78%
don't get enough advice from school
2/3

Let’s be honest. The world of food is noisier, faster, and more confusing than ever. Most of what’s marketed to young people is churned out in factories with ingredients that you need a degree in chemistry to understand. And the uncomfortable truth? Teenagers now eat at least two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed products than real food.

More young people are now obese, diagnosed with Type II Diabetes and suffer mental health crises than ever before. And what we eat, shapes more than our weight. It affects energy, focus, mood and how well students attain in school. And there’s plenty of clinical evidence to support this.

We’re the rebel team from UK charity Public Health Collaboration (1171887 / SC052248), which is dedicated to improving public health and saving the NHS money through lifestyle changes.

The Real Food Rebellion programme was developed with secondary school leaders, NHS doctors, dietitians and scientists working at the frontline of nutritional and metabolic health – people who see, every day, what the modern food system actually does to young people. And real life tested with over 700 students.