Manchester council takes fat families to supermarkets for lessons in buying healthy food

The Million Pound Market March - on the public's dime.

Families with obese children are being taken to supermarkets for lessons on buying healthy food – at the taxpayers’ expense.

The trips are being offered free to people in deprived parts of Manchester. They are part of a ‘healthy lifestyle’ programme that would normally cost £400. But they are being offered free to dozens of families in Wythenshawe, Gorton and Harpurhey.

The bill will be met by the city’s joint health unit – funded by NHS Manchester and the city council.

A total of 30 families, who must have an overweight child between seven and 13, are expected to sign up – meaning a total bill of £12,000. Bosses say the 10-week course will help families to become fitter, healthier and happier. Participants will take part in workshops to learn about nutrition and how to maintain a balanced diet.

Parents will be told to set weight-loss goals, while their children are put through their paces in games.

Doomed to fail.