Cooking Skills for Healthy Eating

Almost one in two children aged four to six are overweight or obese.

Cooking is still part of the curriculum at higher education level.

The School Food Trust conducted a study on the impact of school-based cooking clubs for children aged 10 to 12 years old.

Jacqui Lawson is a teacher of food technology at the Academy of St Nicholas in London.

The students received six hours of training from a chef before the cooking competition.

The cooking classes taught participants how to prepare meals with high sugar content.

Professor Martin Caraher is from the Centre for Food Policy at Oxford University.

The experience of cooking taught participants skills useful for working as a team and independently, but not for later in life.

The cooking classes focused on teaching complex and intricate recipes to participants.

Cooking is a mindless activity that can worsen mental health.