Other benefits of feeding programme

WHEN former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik announced the free school breakfast for children in primary schools programme in August last year, I very much welcomed the initiative. As a working mother to school-going children, one of my parenting concerns is my children’s food intake at school.

Despite the issuance of the Healthy School Canteen Management Guide to curtail the sale of unhealthy food and beverages to students, items such as sausages, chicken nuggets and carbonated drinks can still be found in school cafeterias. School authorities have also not been successful in banning the sale of junk food outside their compounds.