CHILDHOOD, once synonymous with freedom and carefree games in the sunshine, is now a time of indoor activity.
CHILDHOOD, once synonymous with freedom and carefree games in the sunshine, is now a time of indoor activity.
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The rapid increase in the number of children who are overweight or obese (one-fifth of those starting school in Scotland) is alarming health professionals,
The call by Dr Susan Robertson, a GP and kidney specialist from Dumfries, for the British Medical Association to support a ban on local authorities selling off outdoor play areas and to ask the UK and devolved governments to promote a culture of children playing outside is timely. Yet there has been no shortage of initiatives from the national to the local. These range from the five-a-day advice to eat more fruit and vegetables to the commitment (yet to be fully realised) in the SNP manifesto five years ago for school pupils to receive two hours of PE a week and local attempts to reduce unhealthy foods being sold outside schools.
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CHILDHOOD, once synonymous with freedom and carefree games in the sunshine, is now a time of indoor activity.
The rapid increase in the number of children who are overweight or obese (one-fifth of those starting school in Scotland) is alarming health professionals,
The call by Dr Susan Robertson, a GP and kidney specialist from Dumfries, for the British Medical Association to support a ban on local authorities selling off outdoor play areas and to ask the UK and devolved governments to promote a culture of children playing outside is timely. Yet there has been no shortage of initiatives from the national to the local. These range from the five-a-day advice to eat more fruit and vegetables to the commitment (yet to be fully realised) in the SNP manifesto five years ago for school pupils to receive two hours of PE a week and local attempts to reduce unhealthy foods being sold outside schools.
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