The Danish Heart Association and Health Minister Ida Auken have together singled out chocolate spread as healthier than liver pâté, igniting a debate about school lunches and nutrition. Here, the head of Rigshospitalet’s Clinic for Nutrition Therapy for Children and Adolescents gives her assessment of what is more or less healthy.
What is healthiest? The internet is boiling after a minister and the heart association’s director point to chocolate spread
A slice of chocolate weighs four grams. Is it healthier on rye bread than liver pâté with cucumber? Arkivfoto Thomas Borberg
»Skal vi vælge«, spørger sundhedsminister Ida Auken og kigger over mod adm. direktør i Hjerteforeningen Morten Ørsted-Rasmussen.
»Ja, vi tager den her og er glade for rugbrødet«, svarer han.
Sundhedsministeren tager så og løfter en rugbrødsmad med pålægschokolade over i en skolemadkasse.
Det valg – pålægschokolade frem for en rugbrødsmad med leverpostej og agurk – har på et døgn sat internettet i brand.
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