Oh, How I’d Love To See The Phrase…

….’Health experts are failing to understand that no-one cares what they recommend, people have warned’ in the news, just once:

Parents are failing to put enough fruit and veg into their children's packed lunches, health experts have warned.

And what’s ‘enough’? The ‘Five A Day’ concept has already been holed beneath the waterline, so who decides?

Well, you can guess, can’t you?

The School Food Trust, which examined 3,500 packed lunches in England in 2009, says about 40% of lunchboxes do not contain any fruit or vegetables, compared with 10% of school dinners.

It said parents should consider switching to school meals.

Or perhaps just consider not paying the slightest attention to the hectoring of yet another unelected quango or fakecharity…

Oh, and then there’s the 'real' charities to get in on the act as well:

Meanwhile, the World Cancer Research Fund has set up a website to give parents advice on healthier lunchboxes.

Brilliant way to spend any donations the public give you under the assumption they are funding cancer cures, eh?

Patricia Mucavele, research and nutrition manager at the School Food Trust, which offers its own advice on packed lunches, said, "School lunches are now the most nutritious choice for children and young people.

"Packed lunches aren't as nutritious as school meals - they are typically higher in saturated fat, sugar and salt, and often contain foods that can't be provided in schools, such as sweets and salted snacks."

‘Foods that can’t be provided in schools’. There’s a telling phrase, eh? As Bucko notes, does this mean the school tuck shop is a thing of the past, then?