One way to fight child obesity

I AM writing in my capacity as president of the Association of Teachers of Home Economics (ATHE) to express our disappointment at the lack of acknowledgement of home economics by the report of the National Task Force On Obesity.

Among the recommendations from the report was that “in the education sector... skills programmes which teach and develop training in basic food preparation and budgeting should be introduced in schools”.

The report also pointed out that “cooking facilities and the ability to prepare food also influences the type of food consumed”.