There’s nothing funny about feeding kids ‘crap in the canteen’

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Whether you remember school food fondly or with dread, the rectangular pizza and sponge cake topped with icing and sprinkles make it unlikely you’ll remember it as being particularly health-focused

Just because you ate it for your school lunch, doesn’t mean your kids should. That’s the message food education charities have been arguing for years, and it’s finally paying off as the School Food Standards – the rules about the food and drink that schools can provide – are getting “the most ambitious overhaul in a generation”.

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