Physical Education & The Great Health Myth
When I first began teaching PE many years ago, my Dad, a cardiologist, told me encouragingly; ‘You know, you’ll be making a much greater difference…
Mental Health of Children and Young People
In 2016, Public Health England commissioned a report investigating the The Mental Health of Children and Young People In London. The report aimed to: describe…
New Obesity Strategy: Lose Weight, Beat Covid, Protect the NHS
To read the full Obesity Strategy please click HERE. Highlights from the press release from the the Department of Health are outlined below: A new…
New Wellbeing Curriculum for Secondary Schools (11-16)
Returning to School in a Covid-19 World As thousands of students and staff return to school after the summer holidays with social distancing restrictions and…
The Good Childhood Report 2019
This year’s edition of The Good Childhood Report has just been published (August, 2019). In the report it provides an overview of: The latest statistics…
Long working hours ‘linked to stroke risk’
The BBC has recently reported on a French study that linked working long hours to an increased risk of stroke. Long hours were defined in the…
Starting School at 10am – Why Sleep is Essential for Wellbeing
Introduction Daniel Zeichner (Labour MP) introduced a debate in the house of commons following an e-petition challenging secondary school opening hours. (House of Commons, Westminster…
Aldi competition to highlight healthy eating education in schools
The Get Set to Eat Fresh programme, which has been shortlisted for the ‘Community Programme of the Year’ award at the forthcoming BT Sport Industr…
A Challenge to the Dualist Perspective underpinning the Role of Physical Activity in Health
This blog discusses how physical activity and health are currently considered from a dualistic perspective. This blog calls for a different approach t…