2018-11-12 09:52:35 +0000
To: THE GOVERMENT
NO MORE TAKEAWAYS
I want the government and it's local councils to stop building anymore fast food outlets in our towns and cities.
Obesity is rapidly growing in numbers, we need to replace this unhealthy food with healthy eating and this starts by educating schools and reducing the number of takeaways in our towns
STOP THE TAKEAWAYS NOW
Why is this important?
Child and adult Obesity kills
I know this from personal experience as a big cause of my weight problems came from takeaways
I will hand deliver petition to 10 Downing Street to help start our country's health
Obesity is rapidly growing in numbers, we need to replace this unhealthy food with healthy eating and this starts by educating schools and reducing the number of takeaways in our towns
STOP THE TAKEAWAYS NOW
Why is this important?
Child and adult Obesity kills
I know this from personal experience as a big cause of my weight problems came from takeaways
I will hand deliver petition to 10 Downing Street to help start our country's health
Why is this important?
Childhood obesity is one of the pressing issues of our generation. By the start of
primary school, almost a quarter of children in England are overweight or obese.1
This rises to over a third by the time children leave Year 6. Obesity in children
starting Reception has risen for the second year in a row. Naturally, this issue is a
high priority for the government, and the recently published obesity strategy sets out
the responsibility we all have to support young people in meeting the challenge.
Obesity in children happens for complex reasons. Every child is influenced by many
factors and we do not have a full understanding of how these factors interact when it
comes to individual children. However, the messages reaching children need to
consistently reinforce the importance of choices that lead to better health. Without
this, the attractions of sugar, fat and inactivity will more often win the day over
healthier choices.
Schools have an important role to play in reinforcing these messages. They also have
responsibility for a curriculum that gives children a solid body of knowledge about
healthy living and the skill to pursue it. Children need to learn how our bodies work,
why physical health is important and how to prepare food. They need to grow in
competence in sport and physical pursuits so that being active is enjoyable for themas well as challenging.
Reinforcing messages, imparting knowledge and developing skill are what schools do
– and do well. In the shared effort to tackle obesity, schools should focus on
improving those things they are best placed to do:
planning a challenging and well-sequenced curriculum, including learning
about the body in PE and science about healthy eating and cooking
providing ample opportunity for children to take physical exercise during the
school day – with lots of opportunities to ‘get out of breath’
teaching particular skills like how to cook or how to dance
updating parents on their children’s physical development such as agility,
balance and coordination.
The contribution of schools is extremely important. But it must be about doing what
schools do best: education. We should not imagine that schools alone can have a
direct and measurable impact on children’s weight. There are too many factors
beyond the school gate that make this impossible for them to controL
we want to bann takeaways or putting a cap on them we feel there to many .replace with healthy eating options
school to teach chridren about obesity
primary school, almost a quarter of children in England are overweight or obese.1
This rises to over a third by the time children leave Year 6. Obesity in children
starting Reception has risen for the second year in a row. Naturally, this issue is a
high priority for the government, and the recently published obesity strategy sets out
the responsibility we all have to support young people in meeting the challenge.
Obesity in children happens for complex reasons. Every child is influenced by many
factors and we do not have a full understanding of how these factors interact when it
comes to individual children. However, the messages reaching children need to
consistently reinforce the importance of choices that lead to better health. Without
this, the attractions of sugar, fat and inactivity will more often win the day over
healthier choices.
Schools have an important role to play in reinforcing these messages. They also have
responsibility for a curriculum that gives children a solid body of knowledge about
healthy living and the skill to pursue it. Children need to learn how our bodies work,
why physical health is important and how to prepare food. They need to grow in
competence in sport and physical pursuits so that being active is enjoyable for themas well as challenging.
Reinforcing messages, imparting knowledge and developing skill are what schools do
– and do well. In the shared effort to tackle obesity, schools should focus on
improving those things they are best placed to do:
planning a challenging and well-sequenced curriculum, including learning
about the body in PE and science about healthy eating and cooking
providing ample opportunity for children to take physical exercise during the
school day – with lots of opportunities to ‘get out of breath’
teaching particular skills like how to cook or how to dance
updating parents on their children’s physical development such as agility,
balance and coordination.
The contribution of schools is extremely important. But it must be about doing what
schools do best: education. We should not imagine that schools alone can have a
direct and measurable impact on children’s weight. There are too many factors
beyond the school gate that make this impossible for them to controL
we want to bann takeaways or putting a cap on them we feel there to many .replace with healthy eating options
school to teach chridren about obesity
