Box 5.

Sensitivity of the issue.

“Often you’re dealing with parents, not the children, if you stick a bar of chocolate in their lunch box every day, and give them crisps and pizza for tea, then the children are going to end up overweight … It’s up to parents making good choices about what they buy, what they put in their fridge, and what they put in their kid’s lunch boxes. So I think there’s lots of needs for parental education.” Practice ID 26, GP “Some families can’t afford healthy food. They can’t afford food waste. So they won’t buy fresh fruit or vegetables, if they’re gonna go off, because they’re expensive. So that’s a real issue we’ve discussed locally, that sometimes they just won’t buy it because if the children don’t eat it, it’s a waste of money.” Practice ID 13, GP