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Chocolate bribery 'improves behaviour'

Published: 18/07/2008 Categories: Food and Drink

A headteacher at a Norfolk primary school has used chocolate treats to reduce the number of days pupils are excluded from school to zero, according to the BBC.

Dr Andrew Sheppard began rewarding children at Redcastle Furze Primary in Thetford with chocolate in 2005 and said that exclusion rates had dropped from 65 to zero days a year.

But critics have claimed that Dr Sheppard is simply adding to the problems of childhood obesity.

Dr Sheppard told the BBC: "We had complaints saying we were contributing to childhood obesity and rotting teeth."

"But the children really liked it and it really works," he added.

According to the news provider, a survey of 2,581 parents showed that three-quarters though rewarding children with sweets was a bad idea.

Research by Bupa showed that obese children are more at risk from serious health issues more commonly observed in adults, including hardened arteries, high blood pressure and diabetes.

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