Doing it ourselves

Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network
Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Children's health and diet has grabbed the national agenda. The British Medical Journal reported in 2001 that 10 per cent of children under 16 years in England and Scotland are overweight or obese. With such startling statistics there is little time to wait. Children need access to better food, to have more nutritional information and need to be more active - all of which can be delivered, at least in part, through their after-school club.