Happy eating

The foundations for future health — and ill‐health — are believed to be laid down in childhood. Because of this teachers are constantly being exhorted by health professionals to teach children the rules of good health. But, as many teachers experience, simply getting a child to understand what he should be doing is not the same as actually getting him to do it! Teachers may often object to the approach of the medical profession which is often little more than the ‘do as I say’ model which teachers may well feel contradicts their role as educators.