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Â鶹´«Ã½ supports Action on Sugar's National Sugar Awareness Week
12 November 2018
Dr Max Davie comments on the impact excess sugar can have on children and young people.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the Government's 'prevention better than cure' announcement
5 November 2018
"We commend Government for their commitment" says Professor Russell Viner, but emphasises this will be difficult to achieve without a "significant expansion to the child health workforce".
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to RSPH's 'Health on the High Street' report
2 November 2018
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a league table ranking 70 of Britain's major towns and cities by the impact of their high streets on the public's health and wellbeing. Officer for Health Promotion, Dr Max Davie, responds to these statistics.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to latest obesity statistics for Scotland
30 October 2018
Community health and wellbeing must be at the 'heart' of local planning proposals to reverse childhood obesity says Â鶹´«Ã½'s Dr Donald Macgregor
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‘Flu vaccine and the paediatrician
25 October 2018
In a guest blog anticipating the start of 'flu season, Â鶹´«Ã½ immunisation experts, Professor Helen Bedford and Dr David Elliman share their thoughts on improving rates of vaccination among children, some misconceptions around the flu vaccination and the role of the paediatrician.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ backs calls to put children at heart of Government spending
23 October 2018
As the Chancellor's budget approaches, over 100 organisations, including the Â鶹´«Ã½, come together to ask that he puts children at the heart of its spending decisions.
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"Generation-defining decisions": two party conferences and a Long-Term Plan
23 October 2018
In his latest blog, Russell reflects on this year’s party conferences and the fight to prioritise child health.
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New family activity programme launched by ukactive
22 October 2018
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is collaborating with ukactive, EdComs, Places for People Â鶹´«Ã½s and Liverpool John Moores University in a newly funded Sport England programme.
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England falling behind other European countries in the race to improve children’s health, reveals new report
15 October 2018
The Â鶹´«Ã½ has launched a new report, Child health in 2030 in England: comparisons with other wealthy countries, which uses long-term historical data to project outcomes for children and young people's health in 2030.
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Latest obesity statistics published
11 October 2018
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Dr Max Davie welcomes the Government's obesity prevention efforts but calls for more support for those already overweight as latest stats reveal 20% of children are obese by age 11.