The basis of a good organisation is one that is always alert to changes in the wider environment and finds ways to respond. Of course, that is easier said than done! At the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), we have become more and more aware of child obesity and how we might help mitigate this problem.
The statistics are scary, with almost a quarter of British children overweight by the time they start primary school, and while obesity is highest among older children, about 11.2 per cent of four- to five-year-olds are obese, with a 40 to 70 per cent chance they will become obese adults. Diet-related ill-health costs the NHS £5.8bn annually, with childhood obesity-related illnesses such as asthma in England costing £51m per year.
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