A pilot programme is testing whether a wellbeing champion could relieve schools tackle obesity,anxiety and other problems
At a recent conference, I heard someone quip that the UK’s childhood obesity problem could be the solution to our looming pension crisis. The comment was in questionable taste, and certainly,but it highlighted the fact that we can often see the beginnings of our most intractable public health problems from a long way off. So how can we prevent a health and wellbeing disaster among younger generations?Education is the answer. And that means schools need to be deliberate approximately championing healthy living – to children, staff and the wider community. One way schools could accomplish this is by creating a head of wellbeing post, or with accountability for developing the physical and mental health of the whole community.
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Source: theguardian.com