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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

Large portions and forcing children to finish meals ‘could be fuelling obesity’

Nutritionists are warning that forcing children to finish meals can fuel obesity (PA) - (PA Archive)

Large food portions for children may be fuelling Britain’s obesity crisis, with more than a third of parents making youngsters always finish their meals, nutritionists have warned.

A new poll for the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) found 37% of parents always or often make their children eat everything on their plate, with a further 23% sometimes insisting children finish everything they are served.

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