Kids are eating too much processed meat in schools, according to new research. Do you think schools should go veggie for health reasons?
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00:00I think it's going too far. I think it's going too far.
00:03No, you've got to implement that into the diet, but I don't think many kids would sit and eat a place of vegetables. Mine wouldn't.
00:10I think we do need to strike our balance. Veggie is too far.
00:16But again, it comes down to the budget, doesn't it? The schools have got to spend on food.
00:21I know my grandson, who is 15, has the same thing for lunch every day because there's not a lot of choice.
00:30The children should be eating for the vegetables because they can't grow, you know what I mean?
00:36Grow quicker and it's healthier as well. So the red meat is not good for them.
00:43Definitely lessen the processed foods because there's a link between that, isn't there, and ADHD and all the rest of it.
00:51I've worked in the kitchen in the schools about two years ago and I don't think it's a bad diet.
00:58I'm just going to buy some of the food.
00:59I'm just going to buy some of the food.