§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what monitoring of the nutrition of schoolchildren has been carried out by his Department since the termination of the duty on local education authorities to provide meals for all childen who required them; what such monitoring has revealed about the choices made by shoolchildren who are offered a snack-type service; and whether he is satisfied that such children are encouraged to choose a healthy diet;
(2) what liaison there is between his Department and the Department of Health and. Social Security over the diet 27W of schoolchildren; and whether he intends to encourage the implementation of the recommendations in the report diet and cardiovascular disease as they relate to nutritional education in schools.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe DHSS, in collaboration with the Department, has conducted the schoolchildren's dietary survey and I understand that the results will be available later this year. In the course of its normal visiting, HMI has observed that schools and LEAs are becoming more conscious of the need to draw attention to the importance of high fibre, low fat and reduced sugar in the diet as aspects of health education and home economics. As to the health education recommendations in the report on diet and cardiovascular disease, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services has already referred
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