Q: The Government has launched a review into standards of nursery food by a panel of experts and nutritionists. It will consider whether the quality of food in early years settings should be regulated. Do you think there is a need for new regulations or guidelines this area?
'I think that regulations would be too dictatorial. However, I do think that there should be guidelines. The School Food Trust should include early years settings and have specific guidelines for the early years. I think that the Schools Food Trust does a good job for schools and it's a shame that it does not recognise that eating habits are formed a long time before children start school.'
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