Health Promotion (Uists & Barra team) have begun a series of physical and nutritional information sessions to the Mum & Tots Group in Barra Children’s Centre.

The sessions, which will be held from 12 noon to 1pm and open to all who would like to attend, will consist of a five week programme looking at healthy snacks and sugar content in food, exercise, practical cooking sessions, healthy dinners, practical ideas for healthy lunch boxes and strategies for dealing with fussy eaters and tantrums.

The aims of these sessions would be to encourage cooking at home and tackling and reducing the issue of obesity.

Today nearly a third of children aged 2-15 years are overweight or obese and younger generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer.

For further information please contact Marion Matheson, Health Improvement Practitioner, Health Promotion Department, tel. 01870 602588 or email: marion.matheson1@nhs.net