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Packed lunches are good for you

Home made packed lunches allow control over the quality and quantity of food eaten by children during the school day.

Core Facts

  1. ‘Home-made, home-packed lunches are good for children,’ says Anne Caborn, co-founder of Make it and Mend it (www.makeitandmendit.com), in response to headlines implying the packed-lunch as unhealthy compared to school dinners.

  2. Research by Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, indicated that only 1% of packed-lunches examined met the exacting standards set out by The School Food Trust.

  3. School Food Trust standards established to improve food cooked and served at school - not packed lunches.

  4. Make it and Mend it packed lunch campaign launched in January to encourage people to make healthy, balanced meals to take to school and work - cheaper and less wasteful.

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‘In January we launched our campaign platform to get people making healthier home-made packed-lunches’ explained Caborn. ‘It’s clear that food manufacturers have spotted and are exploiting the massive market for lunch-box items. Our argument is that sending your child – or indeed any member of your family – to school or work with a packed-lunch is a cost-effective way of ensuring your child eats a healthy meal away from home.'

Anne Caborn

Company information

Make it and Mend it is all about informing, sharing and inspiring each other to live sustainably and creatively. Like making stuff… mending or finding new uses for things instead of throwing them away. Whether you’re into sewing, knitting, DIY, recycling, gardening, cooking, or refashioning (or want to be!) there’s something for everyone.

It’s not just about being frugal or thrifty, it’s about feeling good and getting a real buzz from doing things for yourself. Make it and Mend it was founded in January 2009 by Clare O’Brien, Anne Caborn, Hilary Bruffell and Clare Flynn based around the idea of creating a website that people could use to find out how to make and mend things and above all discover inspiring and fun things to do – thrift and home economics repackaged for modern lives – and with style.

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27th January 2010

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Clare O'Brien

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0208948 7636

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