France clamps down on junkfood school meals

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Friday 28 October 2011

France clamps down on junkfood school meals

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Canteen in Lycée International Honoré de Balzac, north east Paris.

RFI/Alison Hird

By Alison Hird

Six million French school students eat in the school canteen every day. But the French government says one in two is still hungry at the end of the meal. To remedy this and curb obesity, France has introduced new rules requiring canteens to guarantee variety and limit sweet and fatty foods: chips no more than once a week, no ketchup or salt on the table. So what do the kids themselves think about the changes?