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The science behind school diets

Our youngest usually comes home from school feeling hungry. This is mainly because she often skips the lunch that is served in school. Reason? She doesn’t like the food. Now there’s nothing really unusual about that; I have met very few people who have anything good to say about the food they ate when they were in school. For the most part, the food served in school has more to do with sustaining the high energy levels of growing children using anything that can be cooked quickly and easily for large numbers.

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