Fat-shaming children at school is no way to fight obesity

The Guardian – Kate Leaver

The only way we are going to make any progress solving the obesity and anorexia epidemics in the UK is to address our dangerously fraught relationship with food, eating and body image. The obvious service a school can provide is education, often the thing lacking when a person is under- or overweight. Schools should be teaching kids about nutrition and exercise, yes, but they should also be encouraging a healthy, functional attitude to food that includes separating a person’s worth from their weight on a scale. They shouldn’t be preaching calories and kilos; they should be teaching children and teenagers to feel happy, strong and informed enough to live as healthy a life as possible. (more)