Schools have never had more relevance to our everyday lives. The US is suffering from an epidemic: obesity. One survey claims that 100% of Americans will be officially obese by 2050. And this can be avoided – with the help of our fine US cooking schools.

The US has some of the best cooking schools in the world. It’s hardly surprising: we also have some of the best restaurants representing pretty well every culture’s cuisine. You could say that US cooking schools are a real melting pot!

So can cooking schools help our overweight population? To answer that, we have to think about what caused this obesity in the first place: processed .

Our lives are busy. We are a productive, hard-working nation. No one, it seems has time to cook. We’d rather buy convenience foods to toss into the microwave oven, or get a take out from around the corner. We don’t even need to go and fetch the food ourselves. Problem is, these foods are full of saturated fats, sugars and salt. And low in vitamins, minerals and fibre.

Where do cooking schools come in?

Cooking schools don’t just how to prepare mouth-watering food. They teach us how to shop for the best fresh food, how to organize our time and make a food plan. Actually making the food is the last step. And it’s the part.

So we can prove the survey wrong. Take a look at the courses on offer at some cooking schools near you, and keep the US healthy and slim.