WGPlus (Archive)
| Make children exercise at school? |
| Health Committee publishes report saying the scale & consequences of childhood obesity demand bold & urgent action from Government. Treating obesity and its consequences is currently estimated to cost the NHS £5.1bn every year. By contrast, the UK spends only around £638m on obesity prevention programmes. |
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PC&PE: Childhood obesity demands bold Government action committee report finds LGA: Obesity crisis - Councils respond to HoC Health Committee report on obesity BBC: Stirling school kids run or walk a mile a day to keep fit Adam Smith Inst: Sugar taxes will further distort the cost of living IEA: A sugary drinks tax will hit the poorest the hardest CMO: Prevention pays - our children deserve better New Change4Life campaign encourages families to make sugar swaps NICE issues standard on improving maternal & child nutrition Helping children & adults manage diabetes: NICE publishes updated suite of guidelines |
