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Originally Posted by anniek76
I find it hard to believe that people can't buy nutritious food. I shop around, aldi is great for veg and do the super 6 every week, I get meat from the market in bulk and freeze it. We always make big portions and freeze leftovers so I have "quick meals" for my son. We eat well and I spend on average 30-40 per week on food so it doesn't break the bank (that includes goodies etc so could do it cheaper). A lot of it is down to convenience but I manage and work 4 days a week so it's doable, the secret is on the preparation
Plus we limit tv time and my son loves to play outside, a lot of problems come from inactive kids sat on computers and parents using the tv as a babysitter (which everyone does but you have to be sensible with it)
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..yeah, but I think it's also that parents can 'give in' to children's preferences of having high salt/sugar foods like fast foods and 'convenience' foods because they're obviously quite addictive as well...it's quite staggering sometimes, just how many children at our school can't even recognise a particular vegetable/fruit...let alone taste it, yet they will tell you that they don't like it, just because they're not familiar with it...but more schools and certainly ours have built lessons around food tasting and obviously the younger children get free fruit from the government as well..so it is getting better/but unfortunately a slow process..school meals are improving in many schools and policies on healthy foods are practised with packed lunches but parents can still not adhere to those policies...and it does have to be a 'joint' thing with schools and parents of the same mind-set of the children's wellbeing and co-operating with each other etc...