Clearly children's diets need attention, and there have been a number of initiatives to
break the
unhealthy eating
habit, including: The National Healthy Schools Programme (1998 to 2009), which included healthy and nutritious
foods being made available in school canteens and vending machines; The School
Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they prod
Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all
food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they prod
food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of
unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they produce.