Drinking fountains shortage 'bad for child health'. Children’s Food Campaign finds that the vast majority of public parks around the UK have no public drinking fountains.
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Fizzy drinks can increase chance of stroke: Drinking two fewer glasses of soft drinks could reduce the risk of dying of a stroke by eight per cent and coronary heart disease by five per cent, an American study revealed. Drinks laced with sugars has long been linked to a greater risk of obesity and diabetes.
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Five-year-olds should be taught dangers of alcohol: Children as young as five should be taught about sex and the dangers of alcohol, under guidance from the NHS advisory body. Read more>
Researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands believe that antioxidants found in both tea and coffee remove damaging free radicals from the body. They also claim that these drinks can reduce the risks of some cancers, diabetes, stress and acne. Read more>
Loneliness is more prevalent among the young according to the Mental Health Foundation who found that one in ten people in the UK often feel lonely. The Lonely Society report showed that technology is being used as a replacement for genuine human interaction.
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Health experts condemn plans to axe extension of free school meals. An alliance of health professionals have expressed "deep concern" over the Government's decision to axe plans to extend free school meals provision to half a million primary school children from low-income families.
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Medikidz, a new initiative in health education for young people, was recently launched to address the lack of information available to help children understand their conditions.
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CompHP are happy to announce the publication of their first newsletter of the Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe (CompHP) project. This June 2010 newsletter presents CompHP, its aims, objectives, flowchart, planned outcomes, achievements to date and who CompHP is.
Download the CompHP newsletterVictory for food lobby as MEPs reject new labelling rules: MEPs caused outrage by rejecting a colour-coded system of food labelling which health campaigners said would inform consumers about levels of fat and sugar and halt rocketing levels of obesity. Instead of the traffic light labelling system devised by the UK Food Standards Agency, the MEPs backed the Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) system favoured by food manufacturers. Read more>
