Jamie Oliver's cookery courses really do improve your diet, say researchers

A COOKERY COURSE launched by TV chef Jamie Oliver have been praised by scientists in Yorkshire for helping people in the city to improve their eating habits.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Jul 2016, 07:00 BST

Updated 20th Jul 2016, 08:04 BST

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, whose cookery courses has been praised by scientists for helping people to improve their eating habits.

A report by Leeds University has discovered that people who took part in Oliver’s Ministry of Food courses increased the amount of fruit and vegetables they ate, halved the number of snacks and became more confident about cooking.

Oliver said the study showed that teaching people to cook can “make a huge difference”.

Oliver launched his Ministry of Food courses in 2008, and now has four UK centres including  in Leeds, Bradford and Rotherham.

Nearly 800 people who took part in the eight-week courses at the centre in Leeds’s Kirkgate Market between 2010 and 2014 were surveyed before and immediately after the course.