The Government wants to stop the problem of the lack of quality of food that is served in school canteens, which increases the risk of overweight and obesity in students. Therefore, this Friday, Pablo BustinduyMinister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, has advanced that the future Royal Decree of healthy and sustainable school dining rooms will establish that schools can only serve a ration per month, at most, of Pre -cooked dishes such as pizzas, croquettes, empanadillas or friedamong others.
Bustinduy has made this announcement On the occasion of a trip to Barcelona in which the Sant Jaume school visitsin the Prat of Llobregat, whose dining room focuses on healthy eating.
In this context, the minister has claimed the work that is being done from consumption so that children and adolescents access quality food and for schools to also be “Spaces to acquire health and sustainability habits”.
The Consumer Holder has also underlined the importance of regulating school canteens to deal with challenges such as those presented by the Last Aladino studywhich indicates a prevalence of overweight and obesity between students who come from families with lower income.
Bustinduy has also referred to the data collected by the latest report of the National Food Chain Control Plan, according to which, Almost a third of school canteens (32.9%) serve four or more precooked dishes per month, Something that will end the new regulations.
It is, the minister has stressed that the centers conform to the nutritional standards endorsed by science and by international organizations such as WHO. “The goal is that there are less precooked and more healthy meals with fresh products”he said.
Sugary drinks will be banned
Bustinduy has returned to thus advance part of the content of the new Royal Decreea text that, as it has stated, aims to improve the quality of the foods served in school canteens, promote sustainability and reverse the inequality that exists in income in terms of health.
It must be remembered that the minister has already announced that, with the new standard, schools will have to guarantee that the five meals made every week in schools and in the institutes they respond to health and sustainability criteria.
He also said that the Royal Decree will prohibit sugary drinks at meals and ensure the daily consumption of fruits and vegetables In school canteens. In addition, recently, he explained that the normative text states that at least 45% of the rations of fruits and vegetables that are served in schools and institutes must be seasonal, and that at least 5% of the monthly spending that each school dining room allocates to the purchase of products should be used to acquire ecological production foods.
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