Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver famously shamed the Government into looking at the sugar- and fat-laden, unhealthy food served up to children in the UK's schools, and in 2006 the Government set nutrition-based standards for pupils in primary and secondary education. But no such statutory benchmarks exist for children in nurseries and, according to a damning new report, 'nursery food provision is letting children down'.
Research carried out on behalf of the Soil Association and the food company Organix finds that foods such as crisps, chocolate, lollies, sweets, cakes, biscuits, burgers and chips, which are heavily restricted or banned in schools, are routinely served up in some nurseries.
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