Some lunch wraps can contain up to 1,000 calories — the equivalent of a kebab, two McDonald’s Big Macs, or a 12in medium pizza — it has been revealed.

Helen O’Callaghan says it’s important to encourage children to eat a wide variety of food and to start from a very early age so they can absorb a wide range of nutrients.

Food labels could be misleading shoppers into thinking that they are eating well, research has found.

By the time a child is six his immune system has been compromised by obesity.

WITH the excesses of Christmas almost over, Safefood is advising those who want to lose the extra pounds not to turn to quick-fix fad diets.