Legislative initiatives are sufficient to develop safe, effective policies and protocols to manage life-threatening allergic reaction in schools. The findings indicate that more education is needed for school personnel and research is needed to determine an effective mechanism to remove barriers for emergency care during school hours.
The Prison Catering Service has changed from a Ration Scale to a pre‐select menu system as the basis for providing prisoners' meals. The purpose of this research was to ascertain how this may have affected male prisoners' nutritional intake. Using a modified visual estimation technique, the dietary intake of 506 prisoners (mean age 35 years, height 1.77 m and weight 78.03 kg) in eight prisons was estimated for a 24‐h period. Results show that overall, the mean nutrient intake from food provided by HM Prisons (2561 kcal; 10.77 MJ) fell within current recommendations. However, in four prisons, energy intake was below the recommendations as were a small number of micronutrients (vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C and calcium, one prison each; and vitamin D, in all prisons) from the food provided. The mean percentage of energy provided from total fat (36%) was just in excess of the recommendation of 35% and similar to the National average. There is little evidence to suggest that the ‘new’ system has any detrimental effects on prisoners' nutritional intake.
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