It seems the government is backing up its claims that preventative medicine and mental health are now a priority. Following pressure to vastly improve our country’s safeguarding of vulnerable groups now by September 2020 school children as young as 4 years old will be taught compulsory lessons about the importance of sleep, looking after their […]
JAMA Paediatrics has published a study which explains that half the population of USA children have a mental health disorder and only half of those get treatment. In 2016 a US wide survey was given to parents of children and teens of 46.6 million children aged 6 to 18, 7.7 million had at least one […]
The Telegraph are campaigning to create a ‘duty of care’ campaign which suggests that government enforce a rule-set for social media and gaming / internet companies to ensure the web is a safe place for our children in the face of the booming tech landscape they are growing up within. They reported on Thursday that […]
SUMMARY: MacDonalds are being delivered to schools despite the anti-obesity ban amid the backdrop of a Birmingham Child Type 2 Diabetes epidemic undermining headmasters efforts to inject healthy culture into schools. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.
Three Doctors have been quoted in the media this week. Here’s why. Do you own a standing desk ? Do you run? if you answered yes to both of these questions then using time at your desk practising balancing on one leg is just what the doctor ordered. Dr Mark Cucuzzella is a running expert […]
As we welcome the New Year, many of us are looking to our diets and lifestyle to make improvements to our health and fitness. Making small almost unnoticeable changes that let us meet our goals sounds almost too good to be true. Susie Burell a leading Australian dietitian with 2 Honours degrees in Nutrition & Dietetics […]
With 2019 barrelling down upon us and those post-Christmas dinner waistlines stretching it’s that time of year when many of us start to think about how we might tackle our healthy habits for the upcoming year. Now as research illustrates Gyms aren’t cutting it, as 9 out of 10 people who buy into a yearly […]
A video released three days ago by YouTube channel ‘Med School Insiders’ titled – “Standing Desks More Harm Than Good?” Asks the question does the research on standing desks stack up. The video author reviews over two dozen research papers in his research and offers a balanced an objective opinion weighing up the pro’s and […]
The Guardian have published a lengthy first person account of one writer’s lifetime struggle with back pain. The editorial in their ongoing “the long read” blog details writer Maggie O’Farrell’s reflections on living with chronic pain from spinal injury for many years. An excerpt on Maggie’s life changing back pain; “Don’t get me wrong: I […]
Sport England has called for a focus on children’s health after they conducted a world leading 130,000 participant survey into the activity levels of children and young people. The survey is the largest ever of its kind and contains results that detail how 2.3 million children do less than 30 minutes of activity each day. […]
