New Pictures Primary school children will be taught how to count sugar cubes in maths

The new anti-obesity push will see children in England use their times tables to work out how much sugar is in their food

Primary school children will be taught how to count sugar cubes as part of the government's anti-obesity push.

English and maths lessons will include anti-sugar messages in an attempt by health bosses to improve children's diets.

Children will use their times tables to work out how much sugar is in a bowl or cereal or a can of fizzy pop and will then see if it is more than the recommended daily allowance (RDA) in new worksheets provided by Public Health England.

They will also be asked to find 'swaps' for healthier food and drink items.

New exercises for English lessons include writing a persuasive letter arguing against consuming too much sugar.

Traditionally the message of cutting sugar intake has been confined to personal, social and health edu-cation lessons – this is the first time PHE has used English and maths to educate children about their diets.

The voluntary worksheets have been welcomed by teachers but critics expressed concern about 'fear-mongering'

Around one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese with severe obesity hitting record levels among year 6 students, aged ten and 11.

Traditionally the message of cutting sugar would only be taught in PHE- now it is being expanded to other subjects

More children than ever are also developing type-2 diabetes.

Improve school lunches and a daily mile walk or run have been introduced at many schools to promote healthy lifestyles with others have banned junk food in lunchboxes.

Maths worksheets offered by PHE ask children to count sugar cubes and convert them into grams of sugar, as well as working out what consumption adds up to over weeks, months and years reports the Times.

In English classes the PHE's proposed work schemes children are asked to draw a comic saying that people should swap out sugar-laden foods for lighter alternatives.

Other activities include designing a 'sugar swap' poster or writing a letter arguing people persuading people to consume less sugar where children should use 'facts to make your persuasive letter strong-er', with the sheet containing a list of PHE-approved facts.

Around one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese with severe obesity hitting record levels among year 6 students

As well as the worksheets PHE is offering slideshows for teachers to use in class with one of the presentations for English lessons containing an anti-sugar song: 'Sugar cubes, go away, don't come back another day, you're not good for our teeth, sugar, go away'.

In the background information provided for teachers PHE warn that one child has a rotten tooth re-moved every ten minutes.

Official figures released in March showed that In some areas more than 40% of children leave primary school either overweight or obese.

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