Cereals

(asked on 5th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 8721 on Cereals, what plans his Department has to increase the daily intake of fibre in children.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 13th July 2021

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN’s) Carbohydrates and Health report included an assessment of the relationship between dietary fibre and whole grains intake and cardio-metabolic, colo-rectal and oral health outcomes. Based on the SACN’s findings that increasing dietary fibre intake would reduce the risk of heart diseases, type 2 diabetes and bowel cancer, the Government recommends that children and adults should increase their daily fibre intake through a variety of food sources. These recommendations are reflected in the United Kingdom’s national food model, the Eatwell Guide, and the five a day programme.

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