FOOD FOR THOUGHT

ANOTHER week, another idea about how to tackle the childhood obesity crisis. This week it’s The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health which has suggested, among other things, that fast food shops should be banned from opening within 400m of a school.

It’s a worthy but futile gesture. Even if the chip shop isn’t on a school’s doorstep, there may well be one around the corner from a child’s home.

The real issue is educating our children about healthy choices — if we don’t do that, you can have as many fruit and veg stalls outside schools as you want, but children will just walk on by.