Change4Life campaign for an active summer holiday!
15:19 - 18/07/2011
Change4Life campaign for an active su...
Change4Life, the Government initiative aimed at improving lifestyles for children and families in Britain, has launched a new summer campaign to keep children active over the school holidays.
The campaign, entitled ‘The Really Big Summer Adventure’, was launched by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley as he attended a School Games event. It provides tools, advice, hints and tips to get children active and help them eat healthily.
Children targeted by the campaign will receive a summer adventure map which features daily activity stickers to encourage an active summer holiday. Parents will be given a £50 voucher book, offering discounts on a wide range of healthy foods, drinks and activities. The Change4Life website will also provide ideas for keeping children active, fun competitions and additional healthy offers.
Andrew Lansley said: “It’s important we support and encourage children, from a very young age, to experience for themselves the fun and benefits of playing games and being active. Our new Change4Life summer campaign will help children to get into the habit of being active as part of their daily activities and hopefully inspire them to take part in the School Games.”
As part of the ongoing Change4Life campaign, the Department of Health is supporting the Sports Clubs and Schools Games programmes to encourage children and young people at risk of becoming overweight to get active.
They have invested £6.4 million in Change4Life Sports Clubs in secondary schools and have extended the Sports Clubs programme into primary schools. A further £14 million has been invested to support all schools to participate in the School Games project.
New guidance recommends that children and young people aged between 5 and 18 should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours each day. If such advice isn’t heeded and current lifestyle trends continue, the UK could end up spending up to £50 billion every year on problems attributable to excess weight.
First Response Training can offer a Nutrition and Healthy Eating training course to teach people about what constitutes a healthy, balanced diet, how to maintain weight and control calorie intake.
Lorraine Prothero, the Health and Safety Training Officer and CIEH Professional Trainer who helped develop the course, says: “The best way to a healthier, longer life is to eat a nutritionally balanced diet which is composed of the five major food groups. Eating a variety of foods from each group can help to protect you against obesity, cancer, heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes.
“Our Nutrition and Healthy Eating course explains about the five major food groups and their classifications and provides delegates with useful information about healthy meal planning.”
For more information, call First Response today on free phone 0800 310 2300.
The campaign, entitled ‘The Really Big Summer Adventure’, was launched by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley as he attended a School Games event. It provides tools, advice, hints and tips to get children active and help them eat healthily.
Children targeted by the campaign will receive a summer adventure map which features daily activity stickers to encourage an active summer holiday. Parents will be given a £50 voucher book, offering discounts on a wide range of healthy foods, drinks and activities. The Change4Life website will also provide ideas for keeping children active, fun competitions and additional healthy offers.
Andrew Lansley said: “It’s important we support and encourage children, from a very young age, to experience for themselves the fun and benefits of playing games and being active. Our new Change4Life summer campaign will help children to get into the habit of being active as part of their daily activities and hopefully inspire them to take part in the School Games.”
As part of the ongoing Change4Life campaign, the Department of Health is supporting the Sports Clubs and Schools Games programmes to encourage children and young people at risk of becoming overweight to get active.
They have invested £6.4 million in Change4Life Sports Clubs in secondary schools and have extended the Sports Clubs programme into primary schools. A further £14 million has been invested to support all schools to participate in the School Games project.
New guidance recommends that children and young people aged between 5 and 18 should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours each day. If such advice isn’t heeded and current lifestyle trends continue, the UK could end up spending up to £50 billion every year on problems attributable to excess weight.
First Response Training can offer a Nutrition and Healthy Eating training course to teach people about what constitutes a healthy, balanced diet, how to maintain weight and control calorie intake.
Lorraine Prothero, the Health and Safety Training Officer and CIEH Professional Trainer who helped develop the course, says: “The best way to a healthier, longer life is to eat a nutritionally balanced diet which is composed of the five major food groups. Eating a variety of foods from each group can help to protect you against obesity, cancer, heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes.
“Our Nutrition and Healthy Eating course explains about the five major food groups and their classifications and provides delegates with useful information about healthy meal planning.”
For more information, call First Response today on free phone 0800 310 2300.
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