A Weight Off All Our Minds

From the website http://www.webchats.tv and http://www.nhs.uk/change4life.

To view the full show, visit: http://www.webchats.tv/chat/a_weight_off_all_our_minds

A new Government initiative is being launched at the beginning of January. Its aim? To put an end to England's snowballing child obesity epidemic. Without positive action, experts predict nine in ten of today's kids will be either overweight or obese by 2050. The Change4Life movement aims to avert that outcome by offering clear advice and support via community resources, guidance from local health professionals, web tools (like this one!) and TV programmes.

The pressures of modern living means that many of us rely too much on convenience foods and don't have opportunities to be active with poor diets and sedentary lifestyles as the result. We need to change the way we live and our attitudes to food and activity if we're going to create a healthier, happier future for our children and ourselves. Log on to our webchat with TV parenting expert, Professor Tanya Byron to get the inside track on the everyday steps we can take to bring it about.

Tanya will guide you through an overview of the many ways in which the huge Change4Life movement will operate. She'll also be clueing you up about the top tips the movement is encouraging families to apply to their diets and lifestyles to help children eat well, move more and live longer. From 'sugar swaps' to 'me size meals' to 'snack checks' and more, they add up to fun-to-follow advice that's aimed at keeping families fighting fit.

TV parenting expert Professor Tanya Byron joins us to discuss Change4Life and how to tackle the threat of obesity.

Interact with Change4Life and perhaps even volunteer yourself via the website: www.nhs.uk/change4life. From the beginning of January, you'll be able to do a postcode search to find local services such as cookery clubs, after-school activities and sporting facilities in your local area.

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