Expert claims “football for the obese” could help overweight children too ashamed to exercise with classmates to eventually rejoin their peers
Obese children who are too ashamed to exercise with classmates should be taught in segregated PE classes funded by the sugar tax, a health boss has urged.
And other experts say that adverts for unhealthy foods targetting kids should be banned near schools and restricted elsewhere.
Deputy Well-being chairman for the Local Government Association, Councillor
Richard Kemp CBE believes classes such as “football for the obese” could help overweight children to eventually rejoin their peers in PE.
He backed Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to introduce a tax on sugary drinks and celebrated that revenues raised from it would be ploughed into funding primary school sports.
But Cllr Kemp said the money will not help those children who are already obese because they are often too embarrassed to join in physical activities. More
