Scientific review of the welfare food scheme

Report on health and social subjects Department of Health 51

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy Panel on Child and Maternal Nutrition Great Britain Department of Health

Author:

Grimley Evans John Sir chairman, Committee Williams Anthony chairman, Panel

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

The Welfare Food Scheme was introduced in 1940 as a wartime measure to help ensure the provision of an adequate diet under rationing conditions. Today, the scheme provides milk and vitamins, primarily to expectant and nursing mothers and children aged under five years in low income families. This is the first scientific review of the scheme since its introduction, and it focuses on the nutritional aspects of the scheme. It concludes that the scheme retains great potential for improving the health of pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children from disadvantaged social groups. Some changes to the scheme are recommended in order to address current nutritional vulnerabilities of these groups.

Extent	xxi, 147p.	ISBN	9780113225897
Size	N/A	Price	£21.50
Binding	Paperback	Published	29 Oct 2002
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