♦ According to the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, only 60 percent of countries have legislations and standards governing food and beverages in schools.

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

Highlights:
♦ Only 93 out of 187 countries have legislation, compulsory standards or guidance on school food and beverages.

♦ However, only 29 percent of these 93 countries had measures restricting food and beverage marketing in schools and only 60 percent have standards governing food and beverages.

♦ only three of 28 countries were assessments regularly conducted and used.

♦ The assessment information included changes in attitudes and perceptions about food and nutrition, knowledge, food practice, nutritional status, habits and diets.