Spain Follows UK to Ban Junk Food in Hospitals
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Spain follows UK to ban junk food in hospitals
The government of Spain, through Ministerio de Consumo under Pablo Bustinduy, has announced it will ban ultra-processed foods from children’s menus in hospitals. Under a forthcoming Royal Decree covering hospitals and care-homes, menus for children and adolescents must exclude industrially processed products. The rule also applies to public cafeterias and dining halls within those centres… Source
No cookies, no industrial pastries, no snacks with high content in saturated fats, sugars or salt. The children's menus of Spanish hospitals will have to stop including any of these products, as announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Social Rights, Pablo Bustinduy. The Royal Decree to guarantee a healthy diet in hospitals and nursing homes will address the withdrawal of ultra-processed foods in the menus of children and adolescents admitted, …
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs announced this Wednesday that it will remove the ultraprocessed from the menus offered to children and adolescents admitted to hospitals. “That there is no control over these foods, there is such broad evidence about their effects, is incomprehensible,” said Pablo Bustinduy, Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030. These products will also be excluded from the section of children's dishes and menus…
The Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, announced on Wednesday that his department is working to exclude ultra-processed foods from the children's menus offered to patients admitted to hospitals.
The Minister of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, announced on Wednesday that his department is working to exclude ultra-processed foods from the children's menus offered to patients admitted to hospitals.
The aim is also to guarantee them in the cafeterias and public dining rooms of these centres.
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