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Children's diets figured frequently in the headlines this week. In The Metro, Professor Lindsey Allen said parents who bring up their children on vegetarian or vegan diets were being 'unethical'. The Times reported an attack by consumer advocate Which? on food companies for using cartoon characters to flog pasta shapes and cereals full of sugar, fat and salt to children. School dinners were also in the spotlight as celebrity chef Jamie Oliver tackled them in his new Channel Four TV series. While Jamie battled with dinner ladies in Greenwich, a dinner lady in Plymouth resigned in protest at the quality of meals. According to The Guardian, Kate Steggles said serving processed food to children 'broke her heart'.

School dinners were also in the spotlight as celebrity chef Jamie Oliver tackled them in his new Channel Four TV series. While Jamie battled with dinner ladies in Greenwich, a dinner lady in Plymouth resigned in protest at the quality of meals. According to The Guardian, Kate Steggles said serving processed food to children 'broke her heart'.

Finally, amid the media circus surrounding April's royal wedding, The Sun said that retired nanny Marigold Coleman had come up with a novel reason for the Queen's alleged unhappiness. She reckons that Camilla, age 57, is pregnant and has placed a 50 bet with odds of 100-1.

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