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Poorest families must spend 85% of disposable income on healthy diet, study finds

Just one in ten 11 to 18-year-olds eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, survey warns

The Independent UK

Poorest families must spend 85% of disposable income to get healthy diet – study

Healthier food is nearly twice as expensive per calorie as less healthy alternatives, according to the Food Foundation’s annual Broken Plate report.

Evening Standard

Healthier food grows more expensive at twice the rate of unhealthy options

Healthier options now cost more than double per calorie compared to less healthy alternatives

The Independent UK

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Healthier food grows more expensive at twice rate of unhealthy options – report

Food that is lower in fat, salt and sugar is now more than twice as expensive per calorie than less healthy products, the Food Foundation study found.

Evening Standard

UK food system ‘relentlessly’ pushing consumers to unhealthy choices – report

The food environment is shaping diets and ‘setting us up to fail’, the Food Foundation charity said.

The Independent UK

UK supermarkets using multibuy deals to encourage sales of meat, study finds

Exclusive: about one in five offers involve meat and dairy and one in ten processed meat despite known health risks

The Guardian - UK

Families affected by two-child benefit limit ‘more likely to skip meals’

Food Foundation survey finds 14% of households experienced food insecurity in June, with hunger more prevalent in larger families

The Guardian - UK

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UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

Food Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth

The Guardian - UK

‘Health emergency’: 15% of UK households went hungry last month, data shows

As millions skip meals and are unable to regularly afford groceries, the Food Foundation warns of widening health inequalities

The Guardian - UK

Poor families miss out on budget ranges at big chains’ smaller shops, says Which?

Own-label items available less than 1% of the time at Sainsbury’s Local, Tesco Express and Morrisons Daily, finds consumer group

The Guardian - UK

UN official hails seven mothers on hunger strike outside Downing Street

The Food Foundation charity found one in four mothers in Britain are skipping meals to feed their children.

The Independent UK

School meals ‘should be free for all just like desks and chairs’

Organisations supporting the call include the Food Foundation, School Food Matters, Child Poverty Action Group and The Children’s Society.

The Independent UK

Parents want healthy food discount to protect children’s health, survey finds

Parents responding to a survey by The Food Foundation say they want help in affording bread, milk, fruit and vegetables.

The Independent UK

Expand free school meals across country, say most Londoners

Eight out of ten Londoners in almost every parliamentary constituency in the capital want free school meals to be given to children in households receiving Universal Credit

Evening Standard

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Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4 million

Parents are worried about the physical and mental impact on children

The Independent UK

Feed the future: Public agree that government should extend free school meals, exclusive poll reveals

First national poll since our campaign shows strong rise in public support for extension of free school meals as child food poverty doubles in a year

The Independent UK

London to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils for one year

It is estimated the move will save families in London around £440 per child across the programme.

Wales Online

Iceland is giving away free food and drink this winter

Over 200 schools applied to the initiative to help save hot dinners

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The Guardian - UK

Parents still waiting for food vouchers after NHS scheme beset by IT problems

Exclusive: Healthy Start scheme began switch away from paper coupons to digital system in 2021

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver calls for free school meals for all families on universal credit

‘Best value of a taxpayer’s buck,’ campaigning TV chef tells Rishi Sunak government

Daily Mirror

More councils SCRAP free meal vouchers - find out which still offer them this Christmas

The government's Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) scheme is continuing this year, where councils are given funding to help provide meals and activities for children

Manchester Evening News

Kids will be able to get a free hot meal in all Tesco cafes from Boxing Day

Parents will have to spend just 60p at the checkout to access the free meal for kids

Daily Mirror

Tesco is bringing back its Kids Eat Free deal across all cafes this winter

The Kids Eat Free scheme is returning to Tesco cafes across the UK between Boxing Day and January 6 meaning families can provide their children with a free healthy meal

Wales Online

Tesco is bringing back its Kids Eat Free scheme for school holidays

Adults can spend as little as 60p to get the deal

The Independent UK

UK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals

For some children in low-income areas in England, a school lunch may be the only nutritious hot meal they get in a day

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