The poll of 2,000 parents by Kellogg’s found that one in three mothers reported their children coming home feeling sick from the amount of junk food they consumed at a friend’s house.
Twenty-two per cent of parents said their child had been fed fast food for dinner, and 15 per cent claimed that their child had been given a microwaveable meal.
Nearly a third had picked up their child to discover they had been given a takeaway for dinner.
The research also revealed that as many as one in five parents have stopped their children from seeing certain friends outside of nursery or school to avoid receiving invites to their house for tea.
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