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Free cookbooks for 11-year-olds

All 11-year-olds in England will be a

ble to receive a free cookbook under a programme aimed at tackling obesity.

Head teachers will be able to order the booklet, which has recipes for favourites such as spaghetti bolognese, roast chicken and jacket potatoes.

Ministers are also announcing that £151m will be spent building food technology areas in schools.

The initiatives are designed to pave the way for compulsory cooking lessons for all 11- to 14-year olds by 2011.