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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Freya Hodgson

Expert warns three-quarters of school lunches are made up of junk food

Experts have urged parents to improve their children’s lunches, after it was revealed four in 10 youngsters are now leaving primary school too fat.

Recent research analysed the school dinners of 3,300 kids and found that 83 percent of calories come from highly processed foods, including frozen pizza, white bread, snack bars and sugary drinks.

Scientists from Imperial College London also found that around 64 percent of calories in hot school lunches were from factory-made products.

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