§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether his Department has sponsored research into, or has received recent research about, the main sources of vitamins in average diets; whether any such research is available about the diets of elderly people; and if he will place copies of such research in the Library.
§ Mr. John PattenThe main sources of vitamins in representative diets are know from the information collected and analysed in the national food survey of which the annual report for 1981 is being published today. The Department has carried out dietary surveys of various groups of the population including the elderly. Copies of "A Nutrition Survey of the Elderly" (1972) and "Nutrition and Health in Old Age" (1979) are already in the Library. More recent findings are available to the Department and will be published in due course.