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Family doctors are having to teach parents how to cook simple foods like potato and beans in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.
Overstretched GPs say a lack of specialist services means they are offering healthy recipe advice to those with overweight children.
Many are struggling to tackle growing problem, blaming a lack of training and capacity, according to a survey.
With more than a third of children (37 per cent) overweight by the time they leave primary school, the UK faces a timebomb of health conditions as they get older.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham conducted in-depth interviews with healthcare professionals to understand their experiences of supporting families lose weight.
More than a third of children (37 per cent) overweight by the time they leave primary school, the UK faces a timebomb of health conditions as they get older
In one response, a healthcare professional said: 'I had one mum and her child was overweight, but she was a young parent and she actually didn't know how to cook the dinners.
'We spent a lot of time with her giving her worksheets,
