This page has information on childhood obesity and prevention in the form of a quick guide and guidelines on child obesity management. Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the UK, with around “1 in 5 children leaving primary school obese”. Prevention is indispensable to overcoming this problem. The quick guide and guidelines available to download […]
This page offers a fact sheet, pocket guide, and e-learning resources that can help develop and put into practice the skills required to communicate effectively with young people about healthy lifestyle choices and encourage behaviour change. The Making Every Contact Count programme aims to make use of the millions of consultations that take place every […]
Asthma is the most common long-term medical condition affecting children and young people. We have a wide collection of guides and resources available as part of the London Asthma Toolkit. Background 1 in 10 children and young people are affected by asthma, meaning 240,000 have the condition in London. Many have badly managed asthma – to […]
These standards bring together the aspirations for London, the NICE Asthma standards, British Thoracic Society guidelines and a number of other key resources into one document. They were developed by the London Strategic Clinical Network for Children and Young People’s Asthma Pathway Group, with a review by members of the Strategic Clinical Leadership Group and […]
London children tell us what being healthy means to them FILM: As part of the Great Weight Debate we asked London children what being healthy means to them
FILM: As part of the Great Weight Debate we asked London children whether they found it easy to be health in the capital
FILM: As part of the Great Weight Debate we asked children in London about their favourite foods
Sarah Price, Chief Executive of Haringey CCG and one of Healthy London Partnership’s Senior Responsible Officers talks about why the NHS is leading on the Great Weight Debate with other partners.
Jo Murfitt, Director of Public Health for NHS England (London Region) talks about what she would like to see discussed in the great weight debate – access to healthy food for people on low incomes.
Rosie Boycott, Chair of the London Food Board from the Mayor of London’s office, talks about the need for the food industry to be involved in the Great Weight Debate.