Dr. Eva Orsmond:

Every year on "Operation Transformation" we discover that our leaders know very little about food and that their cooking skills are either basic or non-existent. A lack of food knowledge and poor cooking skills leads to unhealthy choices, including reliance on takeaways and pre-prepared foods, which are often loaded with sugar, high in fats and saturated with salts. We need to return to the basics. We need to teach people how to cook and about the basics of food. We believe that food education should become part of school education. Every child should know the basics of cooking and the difference between healthy and unhealthy food. It would be great if on leaving the education system every child knew how to cook a least five basic main meals. This should not be optional or examination-controlled. It should be seen as education in basic life skills which every child should know.