Teenagers ignore healthy eating message

MANY British youngsters are still living on a daily diet of junk food and failing to eat enough fruit and veg, a survey suggests.

Almost a third of secondary-age pupils (29 per cent) are tucking into sweets, crisps and chocolate three or more times a day, it warns. Two in five (40 per cent) say that fizzy or energy drinks are their daily drink of choice, with around a quarter saying they eat one piece of less of fruit or vegetable a day.

The poll, commissioned by the British Heart Foundation, questioned more than 2,000 11-to-16-year-olds.