Friday, June 04, 2004

Time to Act on Childhood Obesity

Our ballooning children - The Herald Editorial

Ministers have been warned by dietary experts that by failing to introduce radical measures they cannot hope to make an impact on the country's abysmal health record. They could begin by following the lead of Glasgow councillors who recently visited schools in Finland to witness the transformative impact of free healthy lunches, an idea already championed by the Scottish Socialist Party and this newspaper.