SCHOOL LUNCH

Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (1)______in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____meals at lunchtime. Children can choose to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.

One shocking (3)______of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (4)_______for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (5) ________fruit arid one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like break or pasta, Lunchhoxes (6)__________by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children consume twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.

The research will provide a better (7)________of why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has increased in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (8)_________ parents, but it can remind them of die (9)_______ value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their children's diet can (10)________their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating habits at this age, and parents are the only ones who can prevent it.