Obesity.

At my high school we learnt not only how to cook, but how to sew, clean, care for a baby and care for as they called it 'an invalid'. This was in the 70's. It wasn't just cakes we made either, we cooked full meals which were then served to the staff. The sewing wasn't just fancy stuff either, we made items of clothing for ourselves and the local hospital baby unit. We learnt to wash by hand and machine and how to clean a house from top to bottom. The fact that we were also taught how to hire and fire staff may tell you it was a private school. But it was all fitted in with all the other required subjects, with us taking 3 seperate science subjects and up to 4 languages. If it could be done then, why not now with the combined science curriculum, combination of English literature and language etc?
It seems kids are sadly lacking in life skills, even the armed forces have changed to duvets instead of teaching recruits to make a bed as too many didn't have a clue.

Which country was that in, Mabel2 ?
It sounds like the old Mrs. Beeton book used to have .

Fennel, I went to school in the UK.

I agree that sounds like an ideal, Mabel. But which schools are going to accept that now?

Probably none, as they won't have the staff trained in the subject, however my daughter school in Scotland offered its sixth years a module called cooking on a budget aimed at feeding themselves on a student grant. This was in the 90's