The Independent | NICK KNIGHT | 26 June 2015 Even Before Christ, Hippocrates saw exercise as an elixir of life. So why has inactivity become so appealing, and at what point did we forget that exercise makes us feel...
Read MoreThe Telegraph | Cristo Foufas | Original publication date | 10 Jul 2014 The psychological trauma of being an overweight child can stay with you for life, says Cristo Foufas, so why isn’t more being done to help? You never...
Read MoreThe Guardian | Richard Adams | Education editor | 29 June 2015 Children on free school meals among those with the fewest opportunities to be involved in school-led charity work or events such as horse riding...
Read MoreBBC News | Education & Family | 26 June 2015 Ministers are planning to revive national tests for seven-year-olds in England, according to the Times Educational Supplement. Currently, Year 2 pupils sit tests in...
Read MoreBBC News | Hugh Pym | Health editor | 25 June 2015 Simon Stevens, head of NHS England, has noted more than once that while a quarter of children entering primary school are overweight or obese the proportion rises to a third by...
Read MoreBBC News | Brian Wheeler | Political reporter | June 25 The issue of Britain’s rapidly growing population tends to focus on just one factor – immigration. But are the “family friendly”...
Read MoreThe Youth Sport Trust | the Future Foundation | June 2015 The Youth Sport Trust commissioned the Future Foundation to undertake a piece of ground breaking research and create a report looking ahead to...
Read MoreBBC News | Hannah Richardson | education reporter | 23 June 2015 Future generations of young people risk becoming “hostages to handheld devices” and disengaged from physical activity, a sports charity says. The...
Read MoreBBC News | Education | Robert Pigott | 11 June 2015 Children as young as three are being taught the importance of getting up and about – to help them prevent the diseases of old age. With one in 10 children now...
Read MoreBBC News | Education | Hannah Richardson | 19 June 2015 Ofsted is ditching 1,200 school and college inspectors after assessing them as not good enough to judge schools. The move by England’s education inspectorate is...
Read MoreBBC News | Education & Family | 16 June 2015 Children should be tested for fitness, as well as maths and English, to reduce inactivity, say health campaigners. Campaign group ukactive says the UK faces a...
Read MoreNursery World | Katy Morton | 17 June 2015 According to Dr Lala Manners, director of Active Matters, who is behind the petition, there is no coherent or comprehensive approach by the Government’s Healtn and Education...
Read MoreThe Guardian | David Conn | 15 June 2015 Over £9bn was spent on three weeks of elite sports. But London 2012 has failed to inspire, and after years of increasing poverty and inequality we’re now doing less exercise The vacuous...
Read Morei (from the Independent) | Sarah Cassidy, EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT | 12 June 2015 Physically active children are happy and healthy, says Dr Lala Manners Children should be encouraged to do at least three hours of...
Read MoreBy Sarah Cassidy, EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT | i (from the Independent) | 12 June 2015 Physically active children are happy and healthy, says Dr Lala Manners Children should be encouraged to do at least three hours of...
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