Britain's children have an eating disorder – and it's getting worse; 1 in 4 children in England are obese – double the figure 10 years ago. If future trends continue 1/5 boys and 1/3 girls will be obese by 2020. To tackle this, the government set a PSA to halt the year-on-year increase in obesity among children under 11 by 2010. Public sector watchdogs have warned however that the government will miss this target if it fails to show more leadership. These stark figures - and Jamie Oliver's School Dinners campaign – has lead the government to increase spending on school meals from 37p per child to 50p in primary schools and 60p in secondary schools. Yet this still falls short of the 70p per child recommended by the Soil Association. More regulation is now in place however: school food must now reach minimum standards set by the DfES and from September 2007 there will be stricter rules in place about what food schools can offer to children. In addition primary schools from 2008 and secondary from 2009 will be required to stipulate the vitamin content of school meals. Further, it is the government's aim that all schools should be working towards healthy school status by 2009. As a result of this change, however, some local authorities have reported a drop in school meal take up – how can schools engage children and their parents in working towards a truly healthy lifestyle? And is the available funding sufficient to provide children with truly healthy food to help halt the increase in childhood obesity. Bring together key stakeholders this one day national conference will examine how schools can meet these targets and help fight the childhood obesity pandemic.