Ensuring healthy school dinners and lessons for children and parents about nutrition reduces obesity, a five-year study found. Ensuring healthy school dinners and lessons for children and parents reduces obesity, a five-year study in New Haven, Connecticut foundThe study enrolled 600 pupils across 12 schools in New Haven, Connecticut, with children an average age of 11 years old at the beginning. The schools were divided into four groups of interventions: nutrition only, physical activity only, nutrition and physical activity (dual), or delayed. 'Childhood obesity is a serious health threat, and schools are a vital way to reach children and their families to reduce risks and promote health. And other studies show teenagers of a healthy weight are more likely than other students to remain healthy into adulthood.

Source: Daily Mail December 24, 2018 17:16 UTC