Is there too much meat in UK school dinners?

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In a new report, UK healthy eating charity, The Food Foundation, has looked into which kinds of meat the UK is eating - and why it matters.  It has ended up shining an unexpected light on children’s school dinners, as well as what the charity views as some problems with what’s in them.

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00:00Hello, my name is Amber Allett, and I'm a journalist specialising in education.

00:05In a new report, UK healthy eating charity, The Food Foundation,

00:09has looked into what kinds of meat the UK is eating and why it matters.

00:13It's ended up shining an unexpected light on children's school dinners,

00:17as well as what the charity views as some problems with what's in them.

00:21And with the government trialling free school breakfast clubs

00:23on top of its existing free school meal programme,

00:26making sure that they're benefiting children as much as possible

00:29is more important than ever.

00:31Here are three of the key takeaways around school meals

00:34and what kids are eating from the report.

00:36Number one, four out of five of the most commonly eaten meats in schools

00:40and educational institutions were either read or processed,

00:44despite the potential health risks.

00:47These include ham in number one, sausages in number two,

00:51bolognese sauce in number four, and sausage rolls in number five,

00:55with number three, chicken, being the only exception.

00:59Number two, children are eating far more processed meat proportionally than adults.

01:04More than a third of all of the meat that children eat is processed,

01:07or 36% total, while 9% of the meat that under-18s eat

01:12comes in the form of pizza toppings.

01:15Finally, official government food standards for schools

01:18currently recommend giving children a portion of meat or poultry

01:21three or more days each week.

01:23But the Food Foundation would like this rule relaxed.

01:26On top of that, the charity says the guidance should be updated

01:30to recommend removing or limiting the amount of processed meat

01:33being served to children at school.

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