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The Kaye Adams Programme: School dinners, Ask the Dr, Pigeon CPR and a swearing ban in pubs.

20/04/2017

School dinners, Ask the Dr, Pigeon CPR and a swearing ban in pubs.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, School dinners, Ask the Dr, Pigeon CPR and a swearing ban in pubs.

Do schools hold the key to Scotland's obesity problem?

Do schools hold the key to Scotland's obesity problem? Dr Tom Smith answers your medical queries. Plus is the Loch Ness monster 'missing'?

Obesity Action Scotland has said that improvements to school meals could play an important part in reducing childhood obesity.
They are calling on local government election candidates to commit to transform school meals in Scotland "from a feeding culture to an eating culture".
Do schools hold the key to Scotland's obesity problem?

We speak to the 26 year old from Fife who advises politicians by day and performs as Nancy Clench at night.

GP Dr Tom Smith joins us to examine the week's big medical stories and answer your questions - if you've got something you'd like help or advice on get in touch now: call 0808 5 92 95 00, text 80295, email kaye@bbc.co.uk
Stories include:
- Are eggs the secret to living a long and healthy life? 
- Could FRUIT be making your seasonal allergies even worse?
- Is living in a city damaging your hearing?
- The virus that might be triggering celiac disease.

Coffee is now a multi-billion pound industry but there's a catch. We are throwing away nearly 5,000 take -away coffee cups every minute and only a fraction of them are being recycled.
A new fully compostable and recyclable takeaway cup is being trialled by major high street chains - but will it make a difference?
Trewin Restorick is the CEO of Environmental Chairty Hubbub and Amy McClane owns Gordon Street Coffee shop.

The Loch Ness Monster has been posted as missing - after eight months without an official sighting on the register. What could be behind the lack of 'sightings' and what impact could this have on tourism in the area and the local economy? Gary Campbell is the keeper of the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register and Fraser Campbell is the Highland Tourism ambassador.

The independent brewery, Samuel Smiths, which owns 200 pubs across the UK, has issued guidelines to staff to implement the company's new 'zero tolerance' policy on swearing. Would you welcome a ban on profanities in your local?

#pigeonCPR was trending on twitter last night after a video uploaded on twitter depicted a woman from apparently trying to bring an ailing pigeon back to life by performing CPR on it. Does CPR work on birds?

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