Nearly a decade after TV chef Jamie Oliver’s ground-breaking School Dinners campaign, figures show children from the most disadvantaged families are at increased risk of diabetes and heart disease because of their weight. And junk food firms share the blame for the worrying rise, according to Fabian Society researchers. Its Food and Poverty Commission chairman Geoff Tansey said: “The failure to halt the rise of obesity in the poorest children is symbolic of what has happened in the UK food system over recent decades.”
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