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A Devon MP wants obese children to have free school meals to try to help them lose weight.
Totnes Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said there was a strong link between low incomes and obesity and free school meals could ease the problem.
One Devon headteacher warned offering free school meals could further stigmatise obese pupils.
Nineteen per cent of children in Year 6 in England were classed as obese in 2010/11, according to the government.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19813670
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Totnes Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said there was a strong link between low incomes and obesity and free school meals could ease the problem.
One Devon headteacher warned offering free school meals could further stigmatise obese pupils.
Nineteen per cent of children in Year 6 in England were classed as obese in 2010/11, according to the government.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19813670
I'm sure it would