[Music] go in we in the chickens go in at 200 schools across [Music] Queensland a quiet Revolution is growing we see egg EG oh there is children are getting their hands dirty to learn about healthy food a worm it's it's a worm house the state funded of the crop program is getting them eating more fruit and veggies it's the most important thing that we can possibly do to set them up well is to ensure that they have a healthy weight so that they can get stuck stuck into life without any sort of barriers the stakes are high with a sobering number of Queensland children now considered overweight or obese it's one in three kids or just about one in one in three so it's actually getting worse at Marsden State School the program is having an impact shaping what's offered in the Tuck Shop and influencing decisions made at home in the way children come to school with their lunch boxes better packed uh with better choices in foods and more grain choices it's also a place of rest spite you can just come here and it's nice and calm I can um learn how to grow them if I want to later on on my life Australia has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world a Queensland child born this decade could lose up to 5 years from their life expectancy if obesity rates aren't reversed Jack Petru has Type 2 diabetes all right ready set go the father of three watched his own dad lose toes because of the so-called lifestyle disease he's determined to break the cycle with the help of the Logan Healthy Living Clinic that's really good and how are you feeling after a free 8we course focused on exercise and healthy eating the 41-year-old has improved on every measure at this point uh yeah you're going to be doing really really well and coming off those medications well that's a goal right yeah well done thank you 5 years ago the labor government established the agency running both of these programs with strong bipartisan support from the LNP whoever takes the Helm of a health system under growing pressure will need to focus on preventing illness in the first place for me the most important thing is to set up a health system based on this based on health Emma polard ABC News Logan e