Pioneering classes that teach parents to be stricter with their children could reverse Britain's obesity epidemic, it was claimed last night. Since the classes were introduced in Leeds a decade ago, the rise in obesity levels has reversed among four and five-year-olds. That's a vast improvement on the obesity crisis in England, where, in the same period, the rate stayed largely the same. It is very encouraging to see this working at a community level and it could be an important tool in tackling child obesity. The study of the Leeds programme, presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, is the first to assess its potential effects on child obesity.

Source: Daily Mail April 30, 2019 23:01 UTC