Is YOUR child's lunchbox making them obese? Typical lunches contain up to FIVE times the recommended daily amount of sugar

The Children's Food Trust looked at the top foods eaten by under-16's in millions of packed lunches eaten last year. It found biscuits, crisps and sugary drinks are still staples of the school lunchbox, and gave typical examples (left and right). 


Lunchbox number one, which includes a cheese sandwich on white bread, Hula Hoops, a Mr Kipling Angel Slice, a banana and a Capri-Sun contains 15 teaspoons of sugar, almost three times the daily amount recommended for a seven to 10 year old. The second lunchbox, with a ham sandwich on brown bread, Walker's Ready Salted crisps, Ribena, an apple and a Kit Kat, was only marginally better with nearly double the recommended amount of sugar. It also has a high fat content at 33g. Today, leading obesity experts admitted many parents do not know how to create a healthy lunch box. Tam Fry from the National Obesity Forum, said children would naturally pester their parents for sugary foods said parents needed better advice on how to make a healthy lunchbox. He said: 'It is a shame when schools are trying their best to encourage healthy eating with balance school meals.'