Are adults' lunchboxes any healthier than kids?

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Most kids' lunchboxes in England are unhealthy with fewer than two in 100 meeting the government's nutritional standards, new research suggests.

Only one in five contained any vegetables or salad, a study by the University of Leeds found.

And some of the worst examples contained just squash, crisps, chocolate and in one case, a pasty.

But are the grown-ups doing any better when it comes to making healthy lunchbox choices?

We asked you to send us a picture (no filter allowed) of what you packed today.

Joe

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Joe cooked bacon and eggs for his son's lunchbox, which also contains beans.

"Told him to ask the dinner lady to pop it in the microwave for him, seeing as it's in a microwave-proof lunchbox," he said.

Kelsey

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Kelsey has packed a lot of fruit and vegetables for her lunch today. And there's a bottle of water to go along with it all.

Helen

Helen messaged us to say she thinks cooked school dinners are also unhealthy.

"They are still deep fried rubbish followed by a cake," she says.

Both she and her seven-year-old have sandwiches, fruit, crisps and yoghurt in their lunchboxes today.

Paul

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Paul didn't get round to packing a lunch.

"Not very popular in the office," he wrote alongside this picture.

Sarah

"I tend to batch cook a big stew or pasta or soup or something and eat it throughout the week," Sarah tells us.

"I'm a broke student nurse though so I can't afford to buy lunch every day."

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