Government cancels survey on nutritional content of school meals

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held annually since 2006, after Jamie Oliver campaign goes not to the dismay of activists'

The government canceled a national survey collection and the nutritional content of school meals, one of the great victories of Jamie Oliver's campaign and is considered an important indicator for the health of children in general and obesity.

confidence of children of food, which conducted the survey since 2006, told the Guardian that he had been informed by the Ministry of Education which would be responsible for the study of this year and no more than any other organization. Ministers will decide whether to revive the investigation in the future after a more complete food school run by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, founder of the restaurant chain Leon.

last month, the trust set up by the government following the 2005 TV series Oliver on the poor quality of food served in many schools, learned he would lose all government funding The news has prompted alarm among campaigns child nutrition.

• Dr. Michael Nelson, director of research and nutrition of trust, which he conducted the annual survey said they had been created in response to a clear need: "Local authorities made the restoration Association A study conducted in 2005, but before that, there had been little time since 1998. was a significant gap in knowing how many children in school were actually eating school. No information was incomplete. "
• Trust
• contacted 152 local authorities in England and collected detailed data on school meals adoption services, school meals, the cost of meals and how they are financed with food, the rules of the school and staff training.

Cancellation research

risked a return to the "old days," said Nelson. "We know there are many stakeholders in the information we have been gathering We want to ensure that the information was to continue in the years to come.'m Worried about eco-design to recognize the value of investigation. "

The information given vital information on broader issues of children's health, said: "If you think about the obesity epidemic and the problems that the government is right about children who are not thin - and the most recent data shows measurement programs for children are increasingly obese unfortunately - .. We can say that make school food is a good marker for children to have to deal with a more healthy diet know that school lunches are healthier than take them "

Jo-Nicolas, director of the trust evaluation was more direct in a blog on trusted implementation:. "Some say that nobody cares about these things, except the search" experts "like me, but if our children receive meals at school start to fall again, this is a problem for all of us: more 'Children who choose to opt for takeout or buy food outside the school in turn means that more children who depend on a bag of chips and a can of something sweet to get children through the afternoon. they are less focused on the classroom and realize their full potential. A lack nothing less than the opportunity to help them learn to eat well. Unless you know where things are down, how can we pick up the pieces again? "

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