Pupils shun healthy school meals
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The Liberal Democrats have attacked the government's failure to get more children eating healthy school meals.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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Leaflets on how to make a healthy packed lunch is to be given to parents, the BBC learns.
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Christmas pickings will be leaner this year for several overweight children in London primed to fill up on healthy food such as Brussels sprouts and fruit instead of extra helpings of turkey stuffing and pudding.
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Sorry kids, no more big cups of fries. Next fall, students in Arlington Public Schools will find their cafeterias' culinary scales tipped in a healthier direction, with more trail mix and baked foods and fewer fried and sugary foods.
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The menus of popular family restaurant chains like Nando's and Pizza Hut are still full of junk food, despite schools' attempts to promote healthy eating among children, according to a survey on Thursday.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Dec 26, 2004 - It&#39;s not just OK for students to eat on the run when they arrive at a middle school here each morning.
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Ontario will ban junk food in elementary schools within a few weeks, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said yesterday. The warning came as Kennedy said &quot;dozens&quot; of school boards have not complied with his
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There has been a leap in truancy figures for secondary pupils in England, despite a big campaign to clamp down on the problem.
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The nation's schools, under fire for unhealthy school lunches, well-stocked vending machines and phys ed cuts, may actually do a better job than parents in keeping children fit and trim. A study found that 5- and 6-year-olds gained more weight over the summer than during the school year, casting doubt on the assumption that kids are more active during summer vacation.
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The government's pilot of new school tests designed to lighten the load on stressed-out pupils has been called into question, after seven schools withdrew
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A primary school considers making  pupils wear tags because of a shortage of lunchtime supervisors.
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Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
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As the government says it wants to improve children's diet, teachers call for a ban on junk food advertising aimed at children.
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Survey shows hospital meals are so bad that the staff themselves find them uneatable
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Cooking lessons will be made compulsory for teenagers from the start of the next academic year as part of a battle to cut spiralling levels of obesity, the government announced Tuesday.
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A group of teachers, authors and psychologists warn junk food, targets and marketing are harming children.