http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/apr/26/school-meals-policy-epidemic-child-obesity-diet?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position2:anchor%20image Top doctor slams schools policy for fueling epidemic of child obesity Children queue for healthy school lunches Perhaps it is about time that the concept of "parental responsibility" was introduced into this seemingly circular debate. It may reasonably be assumed that the major number of meals, snacks etc are in fact consumed by "children" at home. It is all too easy to lump the responsibility for food selection onto the schools, academies or other institutions where children spend less than 10% of their time. True, these institutions have a role to play in the health of children specifically in the selection of food for the school canteen menu, but it is ridiculous to blame schools for the obesity of children, when as soon as "little Jo...
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http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/sep/05/home-cooking-decline-low-income-ready-meals Home cooking in decline as low-income households turn to ready meals This Guardian article and many of the comments on the page, clearly miss the point and the message. Buying the cheapest options on the supermarket shelves, and then changing from Tesco, Asda or one of the other major outlets, to Aldi or Netto or one of the others, is for many people today purely an economic choice. As everyday household costs increase and choices have to be made, the price paid for food often one of the first savings made. Add to this the increased number of people claiming benefits and the cutting of benefit amounts the disposable income of significant numbers of families has been drastically reduced. Foodbank There should therefore be no surprise in the phenomenal increase in the numbers of people who now have to resort to foodbanks....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-18/celebrity-chef-recipes-less-healthy-study/4434688 Experts turn up heat on celebrity chef recipes Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson But, the "experts" fail to mention (as always), what additives, E numbers and assorted other rubbish are crammed into the "ready-to-cook meal bought from a supermarket." The labeling to enable us to make "informed choices" is confusing and as much use as a chocolate teapot, while the excessive packaging on the supermarket product ensures that the item is expensive as well as irritating. Are these "experts" on a retainer from the supermarkets and the packaging manufactures?