This week the Government announced its decision to set up an Advisory Panel on Food and Nutrition in Early Years to assess current practice and make recommendations about whether mandatory standards are required.
With more than one in five children starting their reception year already obese, it's very clear that learning about a balanced diet needs to begin as early as possible in these young lives. The understanding of where food comes from, how good food is prepared and how it fits in a balanced lifestyle are lessons they will take with them right through their lives.
The other important event was the Trust's publication of the the first national study of just how much the school meals being taken by primary school pupils have changed since the introduction of mandatory standards for school food.
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