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A COMPLETE ban on children leaving their schools at lunch time could be introduced across South Yorkshire, to improve youngsters? health.
Councils and primary care trusts in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley have vowed to continue to campaign for secondaries to adopt stay-on-site policies preventing pupils from snacking on junk food in their afternoon break.
While the vast majority of senior schools already follow the guidance, public health officials are keen to get the remaining few on board in the battle against childhood obesity.
The policies not only help to stop children snacking on junk food during the day, but also tackle issues such as smoking and anti-social behaviour.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/healt...hildhood-obesity-in-south-yorkshire-1-4989203
We were never allowed to leave school at lunchtime unless we were actually going home for lunch.
Councils and primary care trusts in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley have vowed to continue to campaign for secondaries to adopt stay-on-site policies preventing pupils from snacking on junk food in their afternoon break.
While the vast majority of senior schools already follow the guidance, public health officials are keen to get the remaining few on board in the battle against childhood obesity.
The policies not only help to stop children snacking on junk food during the day, but also tackle issues such as smoking and anti-social behaviour.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/healt...hildhood-obesity-in-south-yorkshire-1-4989203
We were never allowed to leave school at lunchtime unless we were actually going home for lunch.