[emexiagog]

A boy aged 10 has been banned from his school dining hall because his packed lunch broke the government's healthy eating guidelines.

Ryan's lunch consisted of a sandwich, fruit, fromage frais, cake, mini cheese biscuits and a bottle of water. The cake and the biscuits broke the snack limit. They were discovered when a teacher checked his lunch box.

Crikey, I didnt realise things were going to this extreme over healthy eating concerns! [shocked]

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...4/nlunch14.xml

[Qynvtlur]

A boy aged 10 has been banned from his school dining hall because his packed lunch broke the government's healthy eating guidelines.

Ryan's lunch consisted of a sandwich, fruit, fromage frais, cake, mini cheese biscuits and a bottle of water. The cake and the biscuits broke the snack limit. They were discovered when a teacher checked his lunch box.

Crikey, I didnt realise things were going to this extreme over healthy eating concerns! [shocked]

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...4/nlunch14.xml

Poor little chaz ! ****

[teridbruse]

Well IMO it's good to have rules on this sort of thing, eating proper food (especially at that age) can make a big difference to your health and inteligence.

Having said that, I think that school has taken it too far. Having such strict rules on what you can eat is just stupid IMO. They should be general rules, taking into account the rest of the meal, because from where I am sitting, that meal seemed pretty healthy. Reminds me of a WW2 forced labour camp.

[kiosokkn]

Well IMO it's good to have rules on this sort of thing, eating proper food (especially at that age) can make a big difference to your health and inteligence.

Having said that, I think that school has taken it too far. Having such strict rules on what you can eat is just stupid IMO. Reminds me of a WW2 forced labour camp.

Wouldn't the whole thing work better if the child was kept in school increasing his education while the parents were fined 100 pounds or something? I mean what I find stupid about this whole thing is kicking a kid out of school that wants to be there.

[TheLucyLee]

damn if i studied at that school i wouldve been shot on sight

[CarmenSanches]

Wouldn't the whole thing work better if the child was kept in school increasing his education while the parents were fined 100 pounds or something? I mean what I find stupid about this whole thing is kicking a kid out of school that wants to be there.

Not school lol, just the lunch hall.

[lakraboob]

Wouldn't the whole thing work better if the child was kept in school increasing his education while the parents were fined 100 pounds or something? I mean what I find stupid about this whole thing is kicking a kid out of school that wants to be there.

He was kicked out the dining hall... not the school.He was made to eat his lunch in the headmasters office. Read the article Andy...

Anyhow talk about compleatly stupid. I see nothing wrong with that meal. Most of it was healthy and the little bit of unhealthy stuff is fine for kids. Most kids run about and burn whatever bad fattening effects that cake might have.

[alias]

Lol isn't this infiringing on human rights or something...?

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Lol isn't this infiringing on human rights or something...?

I can see making a fuss if the kid brought junk day after day but what if his parents just ran out of carrot sticks that morning and stuck an extra snack in to keep him full.

[furious1]

wow your schools tell you what you can and cannot eat?

[ehib8yPc]

This is utterly stupid

"They take health very serious" MY ASS!!! that's not healthy [cursing]

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We are the fattest nation in Europe and unless something is done it's gonna get worse. I think what would help more than simply banning people from eating crap at school is to get more role models to endorse healthy food.

I know healthy food campaigns account for about 1% of total food marketing but the government should be doing something to change this.

[Grizli]

wow your schools tell you what you can and cannot eat?

Sadly yes, because in the UK, left to their own devices many parents let their kids eat total crap.

One news article recently talked about one school - which introduced healthy school meals (so no chips, burgers etc). Some parents felt their kids were so upset at (in the words of one mother) "not being able to eat what they wanted" - they they turned up at lunchtime with chips and burgers and passed them through the railings to their kids.

Unfortuantely in the UK, too many parents just give their kids whatever they want - which as a kid usually means chips, burgers and chicken nuggets. They'd much rather keep the little darlings quiet, rather than risk a confrontation by serving up something the kids initially don't want.

[furious1]

Sadly yes, because in the UK, left to their own devices many parents let their kids eat total crap.

One news article recently talked about one school - which introduced healthy school meals (so no chips, burgers etc). Some parents felt their kids were so upset at (in the words of one mother) "not being able to eat what they wanted" - they they turned up at lunchtime with chips and burgers and passed them through the railings to the kids.

Unfortuantely in the UK, too many parents just give their kids whatever they want - which as a kid usually means chips, burgers and chicken nuggets. They'd much rather keep the little darlings quiet, rather than risk a confrontation by serving up something the kids initially don't want.

you know you live in a nanny state when *read above*

but yeah the parents should also take responsbility for what they are giving to their kids but why the hell should the government step in and tell them what they cannot and can give their children.

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you know you live in a nanny state when *read above*

but yeah the parents should also take responsbility for what they are giving to their kids but why the hell should the government step in and tell them what they cannot and can give their children.

Because most parents are incapable of doing it. Lets face it, crap fatty food isn't doing anybody favours apart from huge unethical multinational companies.

[ehib8yPc]

you know you live in a nanny state when *read above*

but yeah the parents should also take responsbility for what they are giving to their kids but why the hell should the government step in and tell them what they cannot and can give their children.

I am afraid he doesn't

[furious1]

I am afraid he doesn't

i wasnt saying him specifically !

[ehib8yPc]

i wasnt saying him specifically !

I know...

Just poking a little ...
Chris lives in a Country where everything is fecked Up, I love it

[mpegdvdclip]

We are the fattest nation in Europe and unless something is done it's gonna get worse. I think what would help more than simply banning people from eating crap at school is to get more role models to endorse healthy food.

I know healthy food campaigns account for about 1% of total food marketing but the government should be doing something to change this.

Role models? What good are role models when your parents buy the food? Children get their eating habits at home.

If they arent taught well there, and have a proper diet on hand, role models wont be helping much unless its for tennis shoes and clothing.

I agree with insisting on nutritious meals at school. But last I read the menu served in the cafeterias of many schools leave much to be desired in the nutrition department.

[priceyicey]

Unfortuantely in the UK, too many parents just give their kids whatever they want - which as a kid usually means chips, burgers and chicken nuggets. They'd much rather keep the little darlings quiet, rather than risk a confrontation by serving up something the kids initially don't want. A little [offtopic]
Is that due to some "child abuse" type thing or something? I mean I find it really weird that when kids don't get what they want, they start crying and put on a show, deliberately, so that they can get what they want. Funny thing is parents seem to always cave in then and there and I hate to say it but right then and there, aren't the kids getting spoilt? Then from that point onwards, aren't they just going to extend that habit to other things? [no]
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As far as I can tell the problem here stems from the fact that the parents don't seem to guide the children (instead of caving in on the spot, why not just say that they can't have it but have something else) when they're young and later on, things just spiral out of control. The more I think about it, the more I wonder where the problem truly lies (think ERSB ratings)? I'm just fearing the day when the government literally has full control of your child