A Trading Standards team from East Sussex County Council conducted asurvey of the meals and snacks fed to under-fives at ten anonymousnurseries in the county. They found that food at only two of thenurseries provided adequate fat and only three provided adequate energy,while all the nursery menus failed to meet the appropriate requirementfor iron.
The officers also found there was a tendency to apply healthy eatingpolicies designed for school-age children to the nursery age group,while food portion sizes were often too large.
The survey report, Nippers' Nutrition, attributed a lack of knowledgeamong the nursery providers to a lack of adequate information and ofregulation.
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