Teaching children to cook ‘will help solve obesity problem’

CHILDREN should be taught to cook from a young age as part of the solution to the growing obesity problem, a top chef said yesterday.

Celebrity chef Neven Maguire said young people could be enticed to appreciate healthy nutritious food through involvement in the kitchen.

“They should be brought into the kitchen and given activities to get them involved in helping,” he said, adding it would make them interested and keen to eat wholesome meals.