A Fit Choice?
Our new report exposes the unhealthy food options
available where kids exercise.
For example, did you know?
An average seven year old needs to swim
for 88 minutes to use up 203
calories.
But that's the average calorie
content of the snacks most often found in
vending machines in leisure centres, according to our new
report.
It's great that children and young people are having fun and
getting active at places like leisure venues,
bowling alleys and ice rinks.
But we think that all this good work is being undermined by the
huge range of unhealthy foods they're being
offered through vending machines and junk food meal
deals.
Our new
report - published in support of our ongoing
Food4Thought campaign -
reveals a snapshot of just how this is happening. It found
that...
- Vending machines dominate
venues, stocking snacks that can't be advertised
on children's TV or sold in school vending machines.
- Junk food meal deals rule
children's menus.
- There's little nutritional information to
help kids and parents understand what the healthiest option
is.
To find out more, please download and
read the full report
You can also read our latest
press release on the new report
What can you do about it?
Together we can make sure that there are healthy options
available for children while they're getting active.
Take action with us to ask local councils to
ensure that the venues they run - or which someone else runs
on their behalf - have healthy food options available for
children.
Send an email to your local councillor
today!
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