Forget ABCs – get your preschoolers moving first
Gill Connell from Moving Smart NZ gives an interesting and illuminating interview, definitely worth listening to and more than once!
Category: Child Health
Child Health
Latest slides from PHE about childhood obesity – data to be collected for 20/2021 will not see any improvement
A presentation of the latest data on child obesity in England from Public Health England.
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New at-home guidance created to support parents and carers to get their little ones moving!
A useful series of leaflets for parents/practitioners from a team in Manchester, simple and accessible they are an excellent addition to available resources in the field.
Save the Children – Save our education
An important and timely report that discusses the impact of Covid 19 on the education, health, wellbeing and welfare of children worldwide.
Nurturing healthy minds together
This recent report, published by the National Children’s Bureau explores how services and parents can work in partnership to support the social and emotional development of under fives.’
‘Health Visiting in England’ A report from the Institute of Health Visiting : February 2020
An honest and necessary read for all those engaged with the health of young children.
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New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk
WHO report, study is based on data gained from 1.6 million 11 to 17-year-old students.
Children become less active each year of primary school
Monitoring the levels of physical activity of more than 2,000 children from 57 primary schools across South West England, children are less active at 11 yrs than they were at aged 6.
78% of UK children failing to meet recommended fitness levels
Fit For Sport, the UK’s leaders in engaging and educating children and young people through physical activity, have revealed that a worrying 78% of primary school pupils across the UK measured through their Healthy Active Schools System (HASS) are failing to meet the recommended fitness levels for their age group.
World Health Organisation cities report and London’s City Hall early years initiative
With a growing majority of the world’s people living in urban areas, cities have a crucial role to play in ensuring the health and safety of people worldwide.
Public Health England strategy 2020-25 report
Some encouraging support for EY included on p.26
New report by RCPCH, State of Child Health, Two Years On
An update on the 2017 version, what was recommended, what progress has been made and what is the current evidence. See the report www.rcpch.ac.uk
Learning Together to Improve Child Health
The pioneering ‘Learning Together’ scheme by the RCPCH and the RCGP advocates GP and paediatric trainees working side by side in order to share ideas and learn from each other.
Fairness for Children
hbsc & unicef | A league table of inequality in child well-being in rich countries | 2016 This Report Card presents an overview of inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries of the European Union (EU) and the...