UNESCO: Only 60% countries have school food laws, standards

Only 60 per cent of countries have legislations and standards governing food and beverages in schools, according to Global Education Monitoring Report by UNESCO.

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The report has been published in partnership with Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition led by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which is the research initiative of the Schools Meals Coalition.

“Only 93 out of 187 countries have legislation, compulsory standards or guidance on school food and beverages. However, only 29 per cent of these 93 countries had measures restricting beverage marketing in schools and only 60 per cent have standards governing food and beverages,” according to the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report.