Eat well, keep healthy.

The news that obesity has taken over from hunger as the greatest threat to global health is very worrying. It seems that 30% of adults and 10% of children in this country are obese. This seems to be attributed to a lack of activity and education about the risks of becoming “couch potatoes”. Add this to the increase in the popularity of highly processed food and we have serious problems of malnutrition. Highly refined or processed foods often lack vitamins and minerals which are essential for good health. Only yesterday I heard of biscuits being offered which were low calorie and vegan – a quick look at the ingredients showing many items not usually found in my store cupboard and the first ingredient on that list was sugar! Of course I’m going to bang on about the importance of teaching Food Studies in school. It gives children a good grounding in the knowledge and skills needed to eat well, in the hope that they will be more inclined to use fresh ingredients and eat properly as they get older and fend for themselves.