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Weight management programme for children

04 June 2010

Primary Health Care

General

NHS Telford and Wrekin is working with Coventry University to develop, implement and evaluate a local weight management programme for children and their families...

MEND programmes: community solutions to a national problem

09 July 2009

Primary Health Care

General

Preliminary data suggest that the prevalence of childhood obesity may be plateauing. The MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) programme, which works with local...

A weight on their minds

13 September 2005

Nursing Standard

General Article

Annual weight and height measurements taken in schools have been recommended as part of the drive to reduce childhood obesity. But with few school nurses to carry...

The gang’s all here

27 March 2007

Nursing Standard

Feature

Glugs cartoon characters feature in a handbook and training course to help health visitors tackle eating and weight problems in children. The glugs spread the...

Measurement of obesity in children

26 August 2014

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

The prevalence of obesity in childhood has been increasing dramatically worldwide in recent years. It is associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension,...