Living Danishly with Helen Russell

Living Danishly with Helen Russell

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Can free school meals make you richer?

Can free school meals make you richer?

Denmark’s school lunch lottery, how universal school meals are making Nordics smarter, healthier, taller...even wealthier - and why we need in on the act

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Jun 06, 2025
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I’ve written before about the shock of crisp-gate when moving my family of Danish-reared children to the UK (chips for N American readers). The British love of fried potato snacks vs Denmark’s crispless lunchboxes is a continued source of amazement to the mini-Vikings and their new classmates. But this week school lunches are on the radar both sides of …

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