SCOTTISH sporting hopes appear to be drowning “in a diet of chip fat”, according to the mother of Scottish tennis star Andy Murray.
The Scots diet and, in particular, the bad habits passed on to, or acquired by, the nation’s young people have prompted concern among politicians and health bodies for years, but perhaps people will sit up and take notice of Judy Murray.
There have been many initiatives to persuade people to eat, and drink, more sensibly, but they often appear to be dancing around the periphery of the real problems.
It has to be said that parents leave a lot to be desired in many cases. Whether it be bad behaviour in schools, teenage drinking or bad eating, poor parental control must be a major contributory factor.
Youngsters in households where alcohol abuse or poor eating habits are present grow up knowing nothing better. They simply end up emulating the example they have been set. They are influenced heavily, of course, by peer pressure and other outside influences, but parents also have a lot to answer for.
Judy Murray said extra PE lessons in school would help, but this again would require parental support rather than apathy. She was right to raise this issue, but the problem runs so deep one wonders if it is too late to reverse the damaging trend.
The Scots diet and, in particular, the bad habits passed on to, or acquired by, the nation’s young people have prompted concern among politicians and health bodies for years, but perhaps people will sit up and take notice of Judy Murray.
There have been many initiatives to persuade people to eat, and drink, more sensibly, but they often appear to be dancing around the periphery of the real problems.
It has to be said that parents leave a lot to be desired in many cases. Whether it be bad behaviour in schools, teenage drinking or bad eating, poor parental control must be a major contributory factor.
Youngsters in households where alcohol abuse or poor eating habits are present grow up knowing nothing better. They simply end up emulating the example they have been set. They are influenced heavily, of course, by peer pressure and other outside influences, but parents also have a lot to answer for.
Judy Murray said extra PE lessons in school would help, but this again would require parental support rather than apathy. She was right to raise this issue, but the problem runs so deep one wonders if it is too late to reverse the damaging trend.
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