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Thirty‐eight adults completed a ten‐week dietary intervention survey designed to increase the amounts of starch and non‐milk intrinsic sugars in their diet. They were instructed to eat more cereal, fruit and vegetable foods and each person was provided with a weekly basket of appropriate foods following an initial nutritional assessment. Information about how to incorporate such foods into their diet was kept to the minimum. An evaluation of the procedure indicated that eating a breakfast featured as a key activity in the success of increasing cereal, fruit and vegetable consumption. Activities to implement the Health of the Nation dietary guidelines could focus on promoting the consumption of a breakfast in the home, schools and workplace.

Presents the debates conducted during themed workshops. Considers the implications of historical and consumption factors alongside research questions. The themes considered include dietary change, low income households, health education, food industry and government policies. Concludes that there is a need for a continuing and wide ranging debate to assess and evaluate structural, regional and local activities and policies.

Many hospital patients are referred to the dietitians for advice on how to change their diet in order to alleviate a specific ailment or to prevent it getting worse. It is self‐evident that such people will be much more strongly motivated to respond to the advice on dietary changes than the population as a whole. The object of this study was to determine the degree of difficulty encountered by patients who were recommended to reduce the fat content in their diet by using a number of different strategies. If such individuals encounter difficulties in making the changes, then it is reasonable to assume that the approach would be ineffective with those who are less motivated. By contrast, approaches which are successful could be useful for consumers as a whole. If the guidelines put forward by NACNE and largely reiterated by COMA are to be successfully implemented then the identification of easily adopted strategies is a first priority.