Many of these, such as increased funding and targets for participation in school sport, have already been announced under other initiatives.
Others deal with issues that have been subjects of public debate such as simplified food labelling and a code of practice for the advertising of food to children.
The press reports mostly concentrated on things like advertising food to children, or some aspects of the delivery plan that seem plain gimmicky, such as issuing schools with pedometers so children can measure their activity levels. So anybody who only had time to read these could be forgiven for not knowing that tucked into the delivery plan are a number of more fundamental proposals and commitments - in fact, things that children's health experts and campaigning charities have long called for.
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