Why food skills belong in the school curriculum – not left to chance at home

Norenko Andrey/Shutterstock One in ten children aged seven to nine years is living with obesity in Europe. In England, childhood obesity rises from around 10% of children in reception to around 22% by year six. While we know there are many complex and inter-connected biological, social and environmental causes of childhood obesity, a good start is to tackle this with what we know works: better diets are linked to better health. Studies have shown that healthy diets in children are associated…