Obesity rates are reaching 9.5% in reception classes, according to a report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
As the owner of a day nursery where we prepare and serve wholesome meals for our children, in 15 years we have never had a single obese child.
Out of the hundreds of children from every social strata and economic group, obesity has not featured in the diverse problems and health issues we have helped parents with.
My concern now is what happens to these children in later years. I recently had an experience of this when I went to my eight-year-old granddaughter’s school to watch a play. Apart from feeling very proud, I was pleased to recognise quite a number of pupils performing with her who had attended my nursery. The shock came to see the number who were, to pull no punches, obese!
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