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Parents also have responsibility

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...

The absurdity of a "school" which expells a 6 year old and his 4 year old brother over a packet of Mini Chedars.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sixyearold-schoolboy-suspended-for-having-mini-cheddars-in-his-lunchbox-has-now-been-expelled-9109722.html Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox has been expelled      Colnbrook C of E Primary School     Riley Pearson expelled from Colnbrook School after breaking school "policy"   Sheer lunacy, which demonstrates how some school "administrations" are becoming obsessed with the "healthy eating" political correctness and the illusion of their own importance. The boy is 6 years old and did not fill his own lunch box. In addition, his four-year-old brother's place in nursery has been withdrawn. The people who are responsible for this stupidity are the ones who should be excluded.If they have a problem with the contents of the lunch box, they should take on the parents. Destroying or at least seriously disrupting the education of a 6 year o...