Guest guest Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Dear Friends, Below is the latest offering from the Department of Health. Their weak understanding of Child-Centred communication (let alone issues around childhood disability or about disguised compliance of malign parenting)leaves me speechless. Are you sitting comfortably, Girls and Boys? Then Auntie Dawn will begin.... HOW ARE THE KIDS? Change4Life launches largest ever childrens health survey The biggest health survey of childrens health How Are the Kids? - launches today. Millions of families in England will be asked to give information about their eating and activity habits - in return they will receive a specially tailored plan to help them eat well, move more and live longer. Its a well known fact that, without intervention, nine out of ten children could be overweight or obese by 2050 if current trends continue. At present, almost a third of 10 and 11-year-olds are overweight or obese. Around 11 million surveys will be sent out from 2 February, which will include: 7.5 million will be door dropped to families with young children across England or through inserts in national press and magazines; at least 2 million will be distributed via the School Fruit and Veg Scheme; 350,000 through the Healthy Start mailings mums will get them with their monthly vouchers; doctors surgeries will receive around 120,000; around 20,000 will be mailed to people who have already registered via the Change4Life website; families will also be able to complete the survey online. Mums and dads will be asked to complete the quick survey and in return they will get an action plan, tailored specifically for their family, full of hints and tips on how to get their children to be more healthy. The plan will include healthy diet and activity tips, as well as a card game for children featuring characters from the popular Change4Life TV ad. New Change4Life TV ads will air from Saturday 31 January to publicise the survey. This is the latest initiative in the Change4Life campaign, which was launched on 3 January. The aim of the campaign is to kickstart a lifestyle revolution for every family in order to halt the rising tide of obesity. Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said: Families who take part in this survey and tell us about their eating and exercise habits will be sent a unique health plan by our experts to help them eat well, move more and live longer. This is part of the Change4Life campaign which is supporting and informing families about healthier choices for their children - our future generations. Visit www.nhs.uk/change4life to take part. This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s) only and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone: please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error and then immediately delete the e-mail from your system. Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Anglia Ruskin University. Although measures have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus we advise that, in keeping with good computing practice, the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Please note that this message has been sent over public networks which may not be a 100% secure communications Email has beenscanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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