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'Diet strategies should start at pre-school age'
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
14 February 2008
The Pre-school Learning Alliance says the Government must invest in nutritional strategies for young children if it is to create lifelong healthy eating habits.
Last week, children's minister Ed Balls pledged £21m in funding for the School Food Trust over the next three years, to help increase the take-up of school meals. The Government has also given £2m to set up a network of 16 School FEAST training centres across the country. Neil Leitch, director of the PLA's Feeding Young Imaginations campaign, said, 'This investment is commendable. However, the continued focus on school-aged children rather than starting where it will really count is a fundamental flaw...
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