Only one per cent of the age group blamed teachers, while four per cent said ministers were at fault.
Thirty-one per cent of boys and 29 per cent of girls in England are overweight or obese according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which carried out the online study.
It quizzed a total of 767 children aged eight to 16, including 429 aged 12 to 16.
The poll also revealed what the BHF says is a “worrying lack” of cooking skills among teenagers.
Around 13 per cent said they were unable to complete basic tasks such as scrambling eggs, making a fruit scone, spaghetti bolognaise, homemade pizza or preparing a fruit salad by themselves – all tasks that national guidelines and the curriculum say they should be capable of.
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