When Children Now caught up with David Melvin, deputy director of the authority's direct and care services, the department responsible for school meals, he was preparing for an interview with Radio New Zealand.
Authorities in Scotland are in their third year of working towards recommendations in Hungry For Success, the Scottish Executive's blueprint for healthier school meals.
The plans came with 63m of funding over three years and Glasgow got 7m of it.
But, as Melvin points out, the authority was striving to improve school meals and children's health long before Hungry For Success, joining forces with NHS Greater Glasgow to pour millions into various initiatives.
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