Food & Entertainment by Susie OâBrien
Premium Content  Victorian schools are issuing lunchbox guidelines and suggesting parents add faces to boiled eggs and make stripy zebra sandwiches to attract kids to healthy food. Schools are telling parents to choose lunchbox items from six food groups, offering menu planners and telling them to bake food from scratch where possible. Crunchy veggies, grainy bread and boiled eggs are in, muesli bars, processed meats, fruit juice and flavoured milks are out. While officials insist it s leading to healthier lunches, some parents say it adds pressure to an already busy schedule. Schools are also holding Healthy Hat Parades, Fruit Smoothie Days, Fruit and Vege Weeks and Reclaim the Lunchbox session to educate parents about nutrition. At many schools disposable food wrappings are prohibited.