SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | 'Eat local' plan to tackle obesity

SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | 'Eat local' plan to tackle obesity: "Lady Miller pointed the finger at the Conservative party for the poor diets in today's schools which lead to poor concentration and hyperactivity, after the former government 'cut school dinners, closed school kitchens and sacked school cooks', she said.

'At a single stroke they turned a generation away from eating a midday meal prepared with prime ingredients into a generation who ate snack food on the run. Vending machines filled the hunger gaps that inevitably appeared and children's moods swung on sugar highs and hunger lows.'

Much as I love exposing the bads of the previous conservative administration I couldn't help wondering whether this hadn't drifted into scapegoating? Don't consumers themselves have some responsibility? Though education by actually having the meals there and being eaten must also count for something

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