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The government has produced guidance to help schools promote healthier lifestyles among its pupils.

The guidance suggests that schools should develop a food policy to promote healthier eating. School lunches are a key area that needs improving, it states, as they provide around a third of children’s food and nutrient intake and can influence what children eat.

School dining rooms should be attractive, sufficient time should be allocated to the lunch period, and pupils should have access to drinking water at all times. 

The government intends to revise secondary school nutritional standards and provide support to head teachers on how to provide a meals service.

Healthy living blueprint for schools from http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/0781-2004.pdf