More and more upper secondary schools skip school lunch. School meals are missed by more and more high school students, reveals THL’s recent school health survey. 51 % of 8th-9-9th grade girls and 37 % of boys do not eat daily lunch. In 2023, 44 % of girls and 32 % of boys did not attend school meals daily. Seven percent of students do not eat school food at all. More than half of the students also leave breakfast at least once during school week.
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