The impact of those regulations is evident in the results in the World Health Organization study that was published earlier this month, which showed that the consumption of fizzy drinks by 11 to 15-year-old schoolchildren has halved in the past decade.There are some excellent local initiatives to promote healthy eating in schools. When the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning visited Dunoon grammar school in January to see the British Heart Foundation’s latest food for thought campaign, he was very impressed with the piloting of healthy products in vending machines.