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Exercise
Sport &
Fitness
British Heart foundation keeping your heart healthy campaign
They believe that keeping children healthy and active is one of the most
fundamental factors in preventing heart disease in future generations of
adults and this sites gives useful information on this and ways of keeping
children healthy.
Cooking with schools
Cooking with Schools is all about putting healthy eating at the heart of the
classroom, showing children how to prepare and cook healthy food – and
having fun in the process. It enables schols to collect tokens to recieve free
cooking equipment for primary schools.
Healthy Schools
The Healthy Schools programme is a long-term initiative that
promotes the link between good health, behaviour and achievement.
They offering close support and guidance to primary care trusts, local
authorities and their schools and are equipping children and young
people with the skills and knowledge they need to make informed
health and life choices and to reach their full potential.
Jamies Olivers School Dinners
Jamie Oliver is believes local and national governments need
to come up with a ten-year strategy and some real money to
re-educate people about proper eating habits. This website
shows facts and figures about the situation and information on
what you can do to help.
Morrisons Let’s Grow
The Let's Grow campaign aims at helping schools capture the
imagination of the nation's kids to show them that food doesn't just
come from supermarkets. They enable kids to get their hands dirty
for good reason by giving them the opportunity to grow their own
food in the school grounds.
Change4life
Change4life is a National Health Service (NHS) initiative with the
aim of getting children active and eating healthy. They state that 9
out of 10 kids today could grow up with dangerous amounts of fat
in their bodies. This can cause life-threatening diseases like
cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease - so it’s really important
that we do something about it.
This section provides useful links for further
information about keeping healthy. It includes
national government backed initiatives that are
used in schools today in an attempt to improve
the health and fitness of younger children today.
