The Care Commission has spent a year inspecting the quality and range of food on offer in special schools, children’s homes and secure units across the country.
It found a number of examples where better, healthier and more varied food was needed.
In total one fifth of the 224 settings inspected needed to make improvements in areas including serving more fruit and vegetables, improving staff training and taking account of children’s preferences.
Ronnie Hill, director of children’s services regulation at the commission, said: “It is widely accepted young people who find themselves in care are more likely to have come from a background of deprivation and poor diet – while those who come out of care are more likely to suffer ill-health in adulthood.”
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