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Health qualifications launched by YMCA
A new qualification, endorsed by the British Heart Foundation, is hoping to improve young people’s understanding of the components of health and fitness.
The programme, called Award in Lifestyle Management, was created by Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) and will aim to equip youngsters with the tools to improve the wellbeing of themselves as well as those around them.
It will encourage students to lead a healthy lifestyle and inform them on key issues and subjects, including nutrition; physical fitness; effects of smoking, alcohol abuse and drug misuse as well as sexual health.
Rosi Prescott, Central YMCA’s chief executive, said: “This qualification addresses worrying health trends, such as the increase in obesity, alcohol and drug abuse, the high rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases – and of course unsatisfactory levels of physical activity.”
The award has been established on the National Qualifications Framework.
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