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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report

Three primary school pupils eating school lunch on trays
The analysis into school food was carried out by Jamie Oliver’s Bite Back charity. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Three-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rules on food offered to pupils by serving chips, burgers and hash browns too often – and sweets and crisps at breakfast time, according to a report.

“Shocking” breaches of school food standards have been exposed on Monday, in a new analysis of the food provided at almost 400 state secondaries undertaken by Bite Back, a food charity set up by the chef Jamie Oliver.

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