Food & Health Alliance

In 1993, the Scottish Office published The Scottish Diet Report which highlighted the extent of Scotland's poor diet and the consequences for health. This led, in 1994, to the announcement of a series of targets for dietary improvement in Scotland, to be delivered over the decade to 2005. To meet these targets the plan made a list of key recommendations. 

These targets formed the basis of Eating for health: A diet action plan for Scotland.

The SDAP sets out the various steps the key players can take on a voluntary basis to improve the Scottish diet. It was shaped by the publication in 1994 of a series of targets for dietary improvement in Scotland to be delivered over the decade to 2005.To meet these targets the plan made a list of key recommendations.

The SDAP acknowledged that improving Scotland's diet through the ongoing implementation of the plan would be a lengthy and complex task, but would bring significant improvements to the nations health. The effort is seen as a long term investment, however, as it may well take 20-30 years to fully reap the benefits.

The plan recognised that dietary improvement was not achievable without tackling poverty and deprivation which underlines so much of Scotland's poor dietary and nutritional status.

Eating for Health: Meeting the challenge (Scottish Executive, 2004) established a multi-agency strategy for implementation of this Scottish Diet Action Plan.