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Food-related stories and previous headlines.

Breakfast cereal looked like ET
A Sydney man has pocketed £415 - after auctioning a piece of breakfast cereal resembling ET. (source: Ananova)

Wishing you a maggoty Christmas
A man eating trashy snack food for five hours every day and an animated film about a giant, chip-eating maggot may not be everyone's idea of festive shop-window displays. (source: Guardian)

Scientist's formula for the perfect Christmas turkey
Peter Barham, of Bristol University, says his heat-transfer equation accounts for every relevant variable, including the difference in temperature between fridge and oven. (source: Ananova)

Families 'losing appetite for meals together
Once, not so long ago, Britain was a country where families gathered around the table at meal times to eat and talk to each other. But families are now abandoning their dining tables and becoming more like the fictional and lazy Royle Family who eat their meals supine on their sofa with the TV droning on in the background. (source: Guardian)

King size chocolate bars face axe
Confectionery firms are to shelve some of their king size chocolate bars in a bid to tackle obesity. (source: BBC)

Parents' healthy food confusion
Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows. (source: BBC)

House of Vimto
A family are so hooked on their favourite soft drink that they have it on tap. The Bird household have a tank full of Vimto buried in their garden so they have a constant supply. (source: Ananova)

Britons told to cut salt intake
A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to limit their salt intake. (source: BBC)

Mums dish up organic school food
Two mothers start up a catering company serving fresh food to their children's school. (source: BBC)

Junk food advertising ban call
As the government announces healthier school meals, teachers call for a ban on junk food advertising for children. (source: BBC)

New generation are TV dinner toddlers
A generation of children is growing up on processed meals and fast food eaten alone in front of the television. (source: Daily Mirror)

Poor kids' 'holiday food poverty'
Poorer children often get most nutrition from school meals Poor families should be compensated for the loss of free school meals for their children in holidays, a charity says. (source: BBC)

TV child food ad ban is ruled out
A total ban on TV advertising of food and drink to children has been ruled out by the telecoms regulator. (source: BBC)

Pass on the sweets
Despite warnings that some additives are unhealthy, many of the foods children eat are still laden with them. (source: Guardian)