Latest Resources

  • Sustrans Liveable Neighbourhoods

    Date posted: 08 March 2010
    Sustrans Liveable Neighbourhoods implements practical projects which combine urban design, community involvement and sustainable transport planning.

  • Kids Healthy Recipes

    Date posted: 08 March 2010
    This website helps parents wanting to know more about healthy kids food and is written by a working mother and teacher. It is full of useful tips and recipes.

  • The UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative

    Date posted: 08 March 2010
    The UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative produces regular e-mail updates about its work and about news and research that is relevant to improving standards of care for breastfeeding.

  • Healthy Child Programme: from pregnancy to 19 years old

    Date posted: 12 February 2010
    The Healthy Child Programme is a high quality early intervention, clinical and prevention public health programme, which begins in pregnancy and extends through childhood into the end of the teenage years.
    Source: Department of Health

  • Primary School Food Survey 2009

    Date posted: 11 February 2010
    Full results of the above survey undertaken by the School Food Trust.
    Source: School Food Trust
    (Adobe Acrobat Document, 249 KB) - Download

  • Evaluation of Breastfeeding Interventions

    Date posted: 11 February 2010
    General guidance of breastfeeding evaluations with thorough explanations of the data required.
    Source: Healthy Weight Healthy Lives, Department of Health
    (Microsoft Word Document, 268 KB) - Download

  • Furness Families Walk4Life

    Date posted: 11 February 2010
    Evaluation of Furness Families Walk4Life, a walking project designed to encourage regular independent walking close to home as part of everyday life.
    Source: Ramblers

  • SmallSteps4Life

    Date posted: 02 February 2010
    SmallSteps4Life is a fun programme with a serious aim to help initiate and support long-term behaviour and attitude change amongst young people across the UK.

  • Start4life

    Date posted: 27 January 2010
    A website aimed at introducing healthy habits from birth. Its aim is to give babies the building blocks for a healthier and happier future.
    Source: Change4Life

  • Children’s views about obesity, body size, shape and weight: a systematic review

    Date posted: 27 January 2010
    This review examines recent research findings from the UK where children aged from 4 to 11 provide views about their own body sizes or about the body sizes of others.