More fruit, vegetables and fish nearby on school menus and goodbye to pastries, energy drinks and sugary

All schools in Spain will be required by law to serve students fruit and vegetables as part of their lunch, as well as fish at least once a week, based on rules...

The Ministry of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs puts a stop to the few healthy school menus and promotes sustainable and seasonal food, as well as local agricultural and livestock production.

The Council of Ministers approves a royal decree promoted by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs that makes it an obligation what until now were nutritional recommendations for the 17,000 canteens in Spain: fruit and vegetables on a daily basis, and at least one ration of fish and another one of legumes a weekOne out of three school canteens abuses the pre-cooked dishes and most use inappropriate oil They will not be just recommendations, but more …

Spain is taking drastic measures to curb childhood obesity, changing the nutritional data prevailing in schools - public and private.

Following the slogan: “It is time for children, adolescents and young people to have a healthy diet,” the Government of Mexico recently banned the sale of ultra-processed food in 200,000 schools and at all levels of education. This measure, welcomed by various sectors of civil society, will help combat obesity in the new generations, a condition that affects 16 million Mexicans between the ages of five and 19.

School canteens can be the great lever for greater food and environmental literacy. But resistance to change is strong.