Celebrity chef Anna Gare. Source: Supplied
WA's "ridiculously expensive" food is one of the main issues fuelling obesity, celebrity chef Anna Gare says.
Speaking to The Sunday Times as part of the Get Active Get Healthy campaign, Gare said retailers who put up the price of ingredients purely because they had become popular only made matters worse.
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"I don't know how some people survive," Gare said. "We have a family of six and the amount of money we spend on food is ridiculous.
"It makes me so cross (how) things that used to be cheap, like lamb shanks, once they become trendy the butchers put the price up. Like lamb ribs, that's the bit they used to throw away or give to dogs, now they're all in fashion."
The celebrity chef, who has joined forces with HBF to promote the benefits of healthy eating, said families faced an uphill battle in the fight against obesity.
She said making mandatory nutrition lessons part of the school curriculum would go a long way towards helping people change their habits.
"I think one of the most fantastic things I've seen, which I think can help this whole situation, is the Stephanie Alexander School Garden because it gets kids having a relationship with food from a young age," she said.
"Start with the kids. Give them food education. Make it a part of the school curriculum.
"That's a skill you will give kids for the rest of their lives and that will change their life and their whole attitude towards food."
Gare said she had recently hosted cooking demonstrations at several Perth shopping centres and was "amazed" at how little some people knew about cooking.
"I would stand there and say, 'OK, who cooks at home?' and no-one would put up their hand," she said.
CHAT WITH ANNA
Celebrity chef Anna Gare will answer your cooking questions as part of The Sunday Times Get Active Get Healthy Campaign during a live PerthNow blog on Wednesday.
A chef with more than 22 years' experience, Gare has a raft of culinary achievements to her name, including cookbooks, TV appearances and her own catering company.
She will answer all your cooking questions for an hour from noon as the second of three experts to take part in a live chat with PerthNow readers as part of the campaign.
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