obesity
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Dentists call for pudding and soft drink ban in schools
Dentists say puddings and soft drinks should be banned from school meals if the Scottish government wants to improve children’s health. The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCSPG) is calling for excess sugar to be cut from school meals. The faculty were consulted as part of…
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Obesity: Scotland’s sweet tooth
Young kids struggling to run in PE, only eating junk food at lunchtime, sugar highs and lows, and morbidly obese before they’re in double digits… It’s upsetting for any teacher to witness, but unfortunately it’s the reality in many Scottish classrooms. We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
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