Quality standard

Quality statement 3: Prominent placement of healthy options

Quality statement 3: Prominent placement of healthy options

Quality statement

Children and young people, and their parents or carers, see healthy food and drink choices displayed prominently in local authority and NHS venues.

Rationale

Local authorities and NHS organisations can set an example by ensuring that healthy food and drink choices are promoted in their venues. Prominent positioning will help to ensure that children and young people (and their parents or carers) will consider healthier options when they are choosing food and drink.

Quality measures

The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.

Structure

Evidence that local authority and NHS venues used by children and young people make arrangements to display healthy food and drink options in prominent positions.

Data source: Local data collection.

Outcome

Sales of healthy food and drink options.

Data source: Local data collection.

What the quality statement means for different audiences

Local authorities and NHS organisations ensure that healthy food and drink choices are displayed in prominent positions in their venues.

Children and young people (and their parents or carers) can easily find healthy foods and drinks when using catering facilities in local authority or NHS venues.

Source guidance

Definitions of terms used in this quality statement

Healthy food and drink choices

Food and drink that helps people to meet the Public Health England Eatwell plate guidance recommendations, and which does not contain high levels of salt, fat, saturated fat or sugar. Public Health England's Healthier, more sustainable catering: information for those involved in purchasing food and drink provides definitions for low, medium and high levels of fat, saturates, sugars and salt per portion/serving size for food and drink. The Change4Life website gives suggestions for healthy food and drink alternatives. [Expert consensus]