Child of Our Time
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A spike in child obesity during the pandemic could cost the UK over £8bn. 📈 New analysis led by our NIHR Research BRC, University of Southampton and NIHR Imperial BRC shows more initiatives are needed for children’s health, such as LifeLab. Find out more 📽️👇 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/post/soaring-c…
A new study suggest soaring child obesity rates during the pandemic could have lasting effects. Read our latest blog reviewing a study led by NIHR Southampton BRC - buff.ly/4bnzQjQ National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR Imperial BRC PLOS ONE Ivan Ochoa-Moreno Ravita Taheem, PhD Keith Godfrey, MBE
Read our latest blog - Childhood obesity post-pandemic: a debt to society - to find out more. NIHR Research University of Southampton Imperial College London Childhood Obesity UK Child Health APPG UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health #ChildhoodObesity #ChildObesity
The study found an extra 56,000 children living with obesity as a result of the covid pandemic which will have long term consequences. Read more about their findings and what we can do about it here - buff.ly/4bnzQjQ NIHR Research University of Southampton Imperial College London
Today on #YoungCarerActionDay we release our first findings from Nuffield Foundation project with Carers Trust How many young carers are there in the UK? How has this changed since Covid? Who are young carers? 🧵below SGUL Population Health Research UCL IEHC ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies
Interesting from Dawid Gondek - How can schools and communities help children with violent home lives? buff.ly/3KH3Rjd UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies UCL News UCL #ACEs #children #mentalhealth
"There can be no more excuses for inaction on ethnic inequalities – the time for change is now"- powerful conclusions from @DharmiKapadia and Sarah Maria Salway's research on ethnic minorities and maternity care. buff.ly/3vDadrO University of Manchester Sociology department The University of Sheffield CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)
Child of our Time is a blog about the #health and #happiness of #children living in the UK. buff.ly/3nikzsr ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies #academictwitter #ECRchat #phdchat #parenting #inequalities UK Child Health APPG @fhcappg
And we’ll have a blog from Rebecca Lacey to support this!
It's #CarersWeek and Rebecca Lacey and @Anne_Mcmunn have taken time to share some key findings from their Eurocare research on the impacts of being a carer on young adults’ mental health, education, and employment prospects buff.ly/4bMQTeN UCL EPH @sgl_phri Carers Trust
Child of Our Time Giorgio Di Gessa Baowen Xue The Office for Students (OfS) 6. We have many policy recommendations developed with Carers Trust which you can find here: carers.org/downloads/euro… #carersweek tomorrow onto mid-life & sandwich caring UCL IEHC SGUL Population Health Research ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies
Child of our Time is a blog about the #health and #happiness of #children living in the UK. buff.ly/3nikzsr ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies #academictwitter #ECRchat #phdchat #parenting #inequalities UK Child Health APPG @fhcappg
It’s time not just to listen to, but to hear young adult carers," argue Rebecca Lacey and Anne McMunn in our latest blog. Their research reveals large inequalities in mental health, education and employment outcomes for young adult carers buff.ly/4bMQTeN #CarersWeek
"There can be no more excuses for inaction on ethnic inequalities – the time for change is now"- powerful conclusions from @DharmiKapadia and Sarah Maria Salway's research on ethnic minorities and maternity care. buff.ly/3vDadrO University of Manchester Sociology department The University of Sheffield CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)
Interesting from Dawid Gondek - How can schools and communities help children with violent home lives? buff.ly/3KH3Rjd UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies UCL News UCL #ACEs #children #mentalhealth
The study found an extra 56,000 children living with obesity as a result of the covid pandemic which will have long term consequences. Read more about their findings and what we can do about it here - buff.ly/4bnzQjQ NIHR Research University of Southampton Imperial College London
"In particular, policy strategies could focus on providing young people with positive experiences outside the home through community or extracurricular activities" Read more from Dawid Gondek in our blog - buff.ly/3KH3Rjd UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health