national child measurement programme news

Leeds has become the first UK city to successfully lower the rates of childhood obesity – according to data from the national child measurement programme ... More

Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could thwart efforts to tackle obesity. Newly published figures from the Local ... More

Only half of seven-year-olds are meeting recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes per day, according to a landmark ukactive report which lifts the lid ... More

A group of leading GPs and health experts have called on the government to create an emergency taskforce to quell the rising epidemic of childhood ... More

A new ukactive report calls on the government, schools and everyone involved in childhood development to recognise the importance of physical activity at home by ... More

Obesity levels of adults in developing nations has almost quadrupled to an estimated one billion since 1980, according to a report from a UK think ... More

NHS Worcestershire is using ZigZag dance mats as part of its new family weight management programmes. The new programmes, known as FRESH, have been developed ... More

New research published as part of the government's National Child Measurement Programme has revealed that more than one in five children in the UK are ... More