You will need: 'Children’s food' poster, The Food Commission (provided with this pack or tel: 020 7837 2250 for more copies)

Questions and activities

(1) Who produced this poster?

(2) What is the purpose of this poster?

(3) How could you contact The Food Commission?

(4) How does the food industry try to make food appeal specifically to children?

(5) What's a quick way to check to see if a food has a high content of additives?

(6) Make a list of the different types of sugar found in food.

(7) Why do you think that artificial sweeteners have been banned from baby food?

(8) What is 'pester power'?

(9) Why does The Food Commission describe the vast majority of children's food as a 'nutritional disaster'?

(10) Make a list of healthy snacks and nibbles.