The war against obesity has been launched by a Bahraini nutritionist who believes her ‘no nonsense’ book on the subject will help children in the kingdom live longer, healthier and thrive in the classroom.

Getting your child to practise healthy eating is as simple and straight forward as correcting bad behaviour or pulling up your children when they do not do well in academics. So why does the issue of health or diet take a backseat in most households?” asks nutritionist Alia Almoayed.