Helping to understand and tackle childhood obesity.

The impact.

This research provided a range of insights and actionable recommendations for Knowsley Council, including:

• Support to teaching staff to raise the issue of weight changes with parents in non-confrontational ways.
   
• Improvement to the brand visibility of the local weight management and healthy lifestyle service to teachers and parents via talks and information events.
   
• Increased attention to the promotion and provision of family food tasting sessions and cooking classes to encourage children to try new healthy foods in an exciting way. We recommended that sessions should focus on cooking skills and provide information on foods that are both healthy and inexpensive.
   
• Improving the 'offer' for physical activities by improving the local infrastructure (travel and green spaces) and exploring the option of how to continue to run school sports clubs during the holidays.
• Changes to the food environment in Knowsley.