Editorial: A successful intervention in Leeds shows what can be achieved in partnership with families
It is not controversial to say that an unhealthy diet causes bad health. Nor are the basic elements of healthy eating disputed. An excess of sugar, salt and fat increases vulnerability to stroke, heart disease and diabetes. Obesity raises susceptibility to cancer, and Britain is the sixth most obese country on Earth, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is a public health emergency. But naming the problem is the easy part.
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