Health Weekly

Health Weekly




Making strides for our children

February 13 - 19, 2008
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I often get asked why I moved from the adult fitness industry to PE teaching. The answer is simple. I love coaching children and helping to develop their motor skills and fitness. So it breaks my heart to see and hear that some children can’t run, jump, balance or catch a ball and that childhood obesity is on the rise.





Fighting inherited tendencies to be unhealthy

February 13 - 19, 2008
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A study of more than 5,000 pairs of twins has found that a child’s risk of becoming overweight is mostly down to nature, not nurture.