Chef urges schools to banish junk food

CELEBRITY chef Neven Maguire yesterday urged schools to do more to tackle childhood obesity by cutting the amount of junk food youngsters can get.

This country, he said, needs to take a leaf out of Jamie Oliver’s cookbook and put nutrition top of the agenda in schools to help tackle obesity.

While a growing number of schools are cutting down on access to junk food, he suggested much more needs to be done.