Nutrition: Health Education

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) NHS England's and (b) NICE's dietary advice is under review.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 30th May 2018

NHS England provided the guidance ‘Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration (2015-2018)’ to support commissioning of nutrition and hydration needs in acute services and the community. NHS England has no plans to issue any further guidance at this time. Commissioners will be expected to continue to give due regard to the existing guidance, which remains relevant.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a number of guidelines which include recommendations on diet. In 2015 NICE published a “Preventing excess weight gain” guideline which provides dietary advice for children, young people and adults this guidance was checked in 2017 and an update is planned. There are separate NICE guidelines on Maternal and Child Nutrition and an update is planned.

The Government’s dietary advice is based on Public Health England’s Eatwell Guide which sets out the Government’s advice on a healthy balanced diet. The Eatwell Guide was updated in 2016 to reflect the recommendations made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in their 2015 report on Carbohydrates and Health.

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