Scottish Diet Action Plan - Ongoing Implementation
As part of the
ongoing implementation of the
Scottish Diet Action Plan, three key
actions have been identified to promote healthy eating as
part of
'the Challenge'
Improving Health in Scotland-The
Challenge (2003)
1. Implement the next phase of the
Scottish Diet Action Plan to the extent that it has a
measurable, incremental, impact in Scotland each year to
2010.
2. Support the integrated programme,
launched January 2003, of communication and public
education, in the context of the wider health improvement
agenda, to increase demand for, confidence in and skills
for healthy eating.
3. Measure food consumption between
2003 and 2010 to monitor progress towards the targets set
out in the Scottish Diet Action Plan using the
Scottish Health Survey.
In the next phase of the SDAP
implementation, action will focus on the key targets of
increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables and upon
reducing consumption of fat, particularly saturated
fat.
The key conceptual stages in the next
phase of work will be to:
Increase the demand for
healthy food;
Supply that demand for
healthy food;
Provide support, education
and skill development to allow people to break
through the barriers of food cost and availability,
and the negative impact of culture and lack of food
skills.
Much of this work will be undertaken
at both a local and national level in Scotland , but there
will also be wider interactions because of the global
nature of the food industry. This highlights the importance
of effective inter and intra-Government links.
Public information and skills
development will only be successful if all sectors of
Scottish society have access to healthier food choices in
the context of their day to day lives. Therefore work with
communities, particularly those characterised by social
exclusion, will be essential to support the overall
strategy.