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Time to help our children get a move on

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 by Christine Garrington

 World Health Organisation and United States guidelines say adolescents should do at least an hour’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each day. But a new global study shows eight out of 10 fail to meet that standard – and there is a widening gender gap. Professor Yvonne Kelly and Fran Abrams outline new research revealing worrying trends which…

Teenage depression: The potential pitfalls of too much social media use

Posted on January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by Christine Garrington

A new mobile phone will be in the pockets of many teenagers as they head back to school in the coming days. The period between Xmas and New Year will have been spent signing up for social media apps where they can chat, share photos and videos with friends, all part of the excitement of…

Taking time out to scroll free

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Christine Garrington

As the Royal Society for Public Health launches its #ScrollFreeSeptember campaign, encouraging people to take a break from social media, Professor Yvonne Kelly from the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies at UCL, discusses new research on the negative impacts of social media use on young people’s health. She explains how the findings point to…

Calling time on a life of likes could be key to girls’ happiness

Posted on March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 by Christine Garrington

There have been increasing calls in recent months for more to be done to prepare children for the emotional demands of social media. Just a few weeks ago, the Government’s Science and Technology Committee announced an inquiry into the impact of social media on the health of young people. But do girls and boys use…

An equal start: longitudinal evidence to support children’s healthy development

Posted on November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 by Christine Garrington

Using longitudinal evidence to support children’s healthy development and give them an equal start in life is the subject of our editor Yvonne Kelly’s keynote address at the Growing up in Ireland Annual Conference in Dublin today. Her talk discusses findings from the most recent of the British ‘birth ‘ cohort studies – the Millennium…

Screen use at seven: overweight at 11. Why it’s time to say no to a TV in the bedroom for children

Posted on June 2, 2017October 6, 2017 by Christine Garrington

Since the launch of the Childhood Obesity Strategy in 2016, there has been much attention focused on the so-called ‘Sugar Tax’. The March 2017 Budget saw confirmation that sugary soft drinks would be taxed in an attempt to combat rising levels of obesity. This is an important move that has been met with widespread approval…

Tackling the childhood obesity epidemic: Can regular bedtimes help?

Posted on April 25, 2017October 11, 2017 by Christine Garrington

Nearly one in five 10 and 11-year-olds in England is obese, according to NHS figures. With childhood obesity posing not just a nationwide, but a worldwide health threat, public health researchers around the globe are striving to establish which aspects of a young child’s life might set them on a path to being obese later…

Get up, get out, get active!

Posted on March 19, 2015April 12, 2022 by Christine Garrington

Just what are the long term effects of being a couch potato as a youngster? New research using the  1970 British Cohort Study shows we may reap what we sow if we don’t switch off the television or the Playstation and get ourselves and our kids off the couch and active. Dr Mark Hamer from UCL…

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