I realise one shouldn’t believe everything they read in the papers but when I saw an article, stating that schools are going to ban desserts and cakes from their menus in a bid to cut down on fat children, it made me think that the heads in charge are doing too little too late and are suffering from insanity.

Don’t these fatheads understand that the problem runs far deeper than their food halls?

Banning parking near schools, introducing more rigorous competitive sport, and adding healthy lifestyle lessons to the syllabus would be a welcome start and punishing parents who abuse their kids by feeding them so much it makes them obese would help.

Home life could do with more stricter parenting. Limiting phone, computer, games console and television usage is a must and getting the little urchins to move about rather than sit, sit, sit would dramatically aid their welfare.

My guess is that society has devolved into putting children first and we have allowed them to rule the roost.

When I heard about a child being taken into social care because the parent refused to give ice cream and doughnuts and it got all the way to court then I am stunned. Treats are okay occasionally and if they can be afforded but as a normal staple it is crazy.

Then there is the fact that a social worker deemed the parent bad for not giving in a offering crap. She should be sacked and the protocols revisited and adjusted.

Starving children is a criminal offence and is bad for children’s growth but surely the same can be said for over feeding them? They will develop diabetes, heart conditions, skin problems and all sorts of other weight issues but no action is taken against the parents over that. Both are abuse but only one seems to be a legal argument.

So before puddings and cakes are banned please take a step back and think about how things were. Kids have always liked puddings and cakes but until recently there wasn’t a problem as the calories were burnt off during daily life.

So limits should be set and rules laid down. Think before we sink.