davieG Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Children in Leicestershire are among the laziest in the country when it comes to taking exercise. The county's annual health profile found only 38.3 per cent of city pupils and 46.7 per cent of county youngsters took at least three hours of exercise a week, compared to the national average of 49.6 per cent. City health officials said they were trying to come up with new ways to get children up and out. Stephanie Dunkley, public health specialist at NHS Leicester City, said: "Young people are increasingly spending a significant amount of time watching TV and playing computer games. "It's important parents encourage their children to spend time outside and exercise. This could include family walks and walking to school." The city is now slightly below the national average for the number of reception class children judged as obese and is no longer ranked worst in the country. Over the past three years, NHS Leicester City has spent more than £220,000 on exercise programmes to try to get children's weight down. One scheme, Fit and Active Families, has helped 400 children, aged eight to 15, since it began in 2007. Gary Buncher, 45, from Braunstone, who lost four stone after taking part in adult weight-loss scheme, said he regularly took his two granddaughters to a gymnastic club. He said: "I do encourage them to be active. We will often go the park and have fun and games. It doesn't have to be hard or difficult to be active." The city is now on a par with other parts of the country when it comes to healthy eating among adults, an improvement on last year. However, it still scored poorly against the national average for the number of people suffering diabetes, shorter life expectancy and early death from heart attacks or strokes. Tooth decay among under-fives in the city is also a big problem. A NHS Leicester City spokesman said: "The annual health profile confirms some of the challenges we are already working to address. "However, it also recognises we are making progress to improve health in some key areas, from reducing teenage pregnancies to improving cancer survival rates." The profiles, produced by the Association of Public Health Observatories, show people in Harborough are among the healthiest. The area scored above average in 20 of the 32 indicators and was average in the rest. Hinckley and Bosworth managed above-average scores in 14 of the 32 areas and average in the remainder. Dr Tim Davies, deputy director of public health at NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland, said: "The county performed above the England average in 22 out of 32 indicators, including deprivation, children in poverty."
Bellend Sebastian Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Too many PS 360s and Eyepods. Lazy little shits
Jon the Hat Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Or, on the other hand, crap diet = getting fatter = lazines, not laziness = getting fatter. Discus.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 That story was reported in a beautifully cack-handed way on Breakfast News this morning. The voiceover said "It's long been thought that a lack of exercise causes obesity, but latest findings suggest the opposite to be true", which if you heard in isolation you could take as a green light to sit down on the sofa and never get up again. The reality is of course more complex than our tiny minds can be expected to cope with
purpleronnie Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Its noticable especially when I'm back in england how few kids you see playing out when I was young, no-one stayed inside, I was out all day everyday during holidays. Kids are happy to chat online rather than face to face.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 It's not helped by the fact that the supposed terrors of the outside world (paedophiles, cars, paedophiles in cars, cars that transform into paedophiles etc) mean that many parents these days are extremely reluctant to let their kids out unaccompanied anyway
Jon the Hat Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 It's not helped by the fact that the supposed terrors of the outside world (paedophiles, cars, paedophiles in cars, cars that transform into paedophiles etc) mean that many parents these days are extremely reluctant to let their kids out unaccompanied anyway I blame Labour. If they hadn't spent 13 years over reacting to everything the media said and reinforcing all this crap we wouldn't be in this mess.
davieG Posted 8 July 2010 Author Posted 8 July 2010 I blame Labour. If they hadn't spent 13 years over reacting to everything the media said and reinforcing all this crap we wouldn't be in this mess. Everyone's a paedo until proved otherwise. It's not only the kids that are affected, as an adult I've seen a child lost and crying but have chosen to ignore them for fear of being seen as a paedo. I'm not too sure what it would take to involve myself in a situation but the fact that I feel this way is evidence of previous over reaction.
Jon the Hat Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Everyone's a paedo until proved otherwise. It's not only the kids that are affected, as an adult I've seen a child lost and crying but have chosen to ignore them for fear of being seen as a paedo. I'm not too sure what it would take to involve myself in a situation but the fact that I feel this way is evidence of previous over reaction. Yes. I kind of have a vague plan that if I was to come across a completely lost kid with no one else around that the best plan would be to stay exactly where you were and sit down, then ring the Police. That way at lease no one can accuse you of taking the kid anywhere.
hairy Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 It's not helped by the fact that the supposed terrors of the outside world (paedophiles, cars, Lord Major dropping his trousers etc) mean that many parents these days are extremely reluctant to let their kids out unaccompanied anyway Corrected
FoxyPV Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Corrected :laugh: Back on topic: The amount of green space that has been sold off to developers so more yuppie fooking flats can be built is one of the major reasons for this. More cars on the roads make it more dangerous to kick a ball about on the street and even in suburban developments there is a constant flow of traffic stopping kids playing.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 I blame Labour. If they hadn't spent 13 years over reacting to everything the media said and reinforcing all this crap we wouldn't be in this mess. I blame the right wing press for feeding the proletariat a diet of made up stories about paedo bogeymen and the MMR vaccine to distract them from the grotesque inequalities of modern society thereby avoiding revolution, but that's just me Anyway I know loads of adults who baulk at the idea of walking more than 50 yards and are happy to drive to somewhere two streets away, so it's hardly surprising that their kids turn into gigantic bastards
Trav Le Bleu Posted 8 July 2010 Posted 8 July 2010 Hmmmm, I don't buy the crappy diet thing. When I was young (some 20-30 years ago) I used to eat crisps and chocolate. Dinner was often fishfingers or sausage or burgers (admittedly, with peas, carrot, potatoes), and I was probably slightly overweight most of my childhood (until I caught Hepatitis A and lost 2 stones in as many weeks - I was underweight for a year or so) but I reckon I played outside at least 5-6 hours a week at least (in winter when at school) and in the summer holidays I was probably out 40+ hours a week. I was no athlete, but it was what you did. I think it's down more to the PS/XBOX/PC culture, the safety of roads and also the dangers - perceived or otherwise - of wandering far from home. Certainly we could play tennis in the street, because there were only 7 or 8 people who had a car in our street which had about 80 houses in it. When I go back there today, you can't find a space to park and some are even double parked. We also used to wander miles from home without our parents worrying overly. The school run comes into this too. My brothers and I got at least a good 3 miles walking in everyday just by going to school.
davieG Posted 9 July 2010 Author Posted 9 July 2010 From the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.u...er/10558648.stm A school in Leicestershire has banned parents from attending its sports days - as it cannot guarantee they have undergone police checks. A father was asked to leave De Lisle Catholic Science College, in Loughborough, when he went to watch his 12-year-old son. In a statement, the school said it did acknowledge what had happened and that it was reviewing its policies. The county council said parents should have access to school activities. Policy 'lunacy' The father, who wants to remain anonymous, said: "I had to go and stand 30-foot away behind a fence, feeling as though I'd done something wrong. "It left me feeling rather upset [and] left my son very disappointed. "The policy I think is lunacy because at the end of the day he is my child and I like to support him as he grows up through various ventures." The man said he had rung the school on the morning of the sports day to find out where the event was taking place and at what time. He then went to the venue, Loughborough University, where he stood at the side of the playing fields watching the children. A teacher asked him to leave, saying no parents were allowed because they had not been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau. The man said that as a taxi driver he had been CRB checked, but was still asked to leave. The school said in a statement: "We fully appreciate that one parent was upset by our policy regarding the attendance of parents at sports days. "As standard procedure, all our policies are subject to regular review and are changed to meet the needs of our students. "We regret that on this occasion one parent was upset and we look to review our policy appropriately." A spokesman for Leicestershire County Council: "Parents should have access to school activities. "We certainly do not issue any guidance to say parents should have a CRB check to attend school sports days. "The day-to-day running of the school is a matter for the school and its governors, but we are contacting the school to discuss their policy with them."
samjohnson Posted 9 July 2010 Posted 9 July 2010 :laugh: Back on topic: The amount of green space that has been sold off to developers so more yuppie fooking flats can be built is one of the major reasons for this. More cars on the roads make it more dangerous to kick a ball about on the street and even in suburban developments there is a constant flow of traffic stopping kids playing. So its the adults that sell the land that kids play on, for them to complain that kids arent playing enough... Shame on them
Jon the Hat Posted 9 July 2010 Posted 9 July 2010 From the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.u...er/10558648.stm A school in Leicestershire has banned parents from attending its sports days - as it cannot guarantee they have undergone police checks. A father was asked to leave De Lisle Catholic Science College, in Loughborough, when he went to watch his 12-year-old son. In a statement, the school said it did acknowledge what had happened and that it was reviewing its policies. The county council said parents should have access to school activities. Policy 'lunacy' The father, who wants to remain anonymous, said: "I had to go and stand 30-foot away behind a fence, feeling as though I'd done something wrong. "It left me feeling rather upset [and] left my son very disappointed. "The policy I think is lunacy because at the end of the day he is my child and I like to support him as he grows up through various ventures." The man said he had rung the school on the morning of the sports day to find out where the event was taking place and at what time. He then went to the venue, Loughborough University, where he stood at the side of the playing fields watching the children. A teacher asked him to leave, saying no parents were allowed because they had not been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau. The man said that as a taxi driver he had been CRB checked, but was still asked to leave. The school said in a statement: "We fully appreciate that one parent was upset by our policy regarding the attendance of parents at sports days. "As standard procedure, all our policies are subject to regular review and are changed to meet the needs of our students. "We regret that on this occasion one parent was upset and we look to review our policy appropriately." A spokesman for Leicestershire County Council: "Parents should have access to school activities. "We certainly do not issue any guidance to say parents should have a CRB check to attend school sports days. "The day-to-day running of the school is a matter for the school and its governors, but we are contacting the school to discuss their policy with them." If parents were not invitied then it doesn't sound much like a sports day to me. And if it wasn't then it is no different from a parent turning up and sitting in on a maths lesson really.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 I wonder how many children get a proper home made meal these days? If Mum's out at work, then does she feel like cooking? A woman's place is in the home. Sod the luxuries people want. Bring the youngsters up properly. Read them books, play with them, and put them first.
Webbo Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 I wonder how many children get a proper home made meal these days? If Mum's out at work, then does she feel like cooking? A woman's place is in the home. Sod the luxuries people want. Bring the youngsters up properly. Read them books, play with them, and put them first. Have you got any kids?
Daggers Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 Christ! The very last thing I want to do is bring my kids up properly if I have to do all that. Way too much effort.
davieG Posted 10 July 2010 Author Posted 10 July 2010 Christ! The very last thing I want to do is bring my kids up properly if I have to do all that. Way too much effort. Depends how you interpret properly, what ever you do you will pay the price later unless you get it right. Of course you could just be unlucky and have brought into the world someone who is genetically tuned into being a mindless twat!
Daggers Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 Of course you could just be unlucky and have brought into the world someone who is genetically tuned into being a mindless twat! I bloody hope they are or they're being sent back and I'll have a refund.
Zingari Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 maybe the kids in leics are more honest than around the rest of the country (presuming this survey was self assessment )
Webbo Posted 10 July 2010 Posted 10 July 2010 Of course you could just be unlucky and have brought into the world someone who is genetically tuned into being a mindless twat! You sound like you're talking from experience. Anyone we know?
davieG Posted 10 July 2010 Author Posted 10 July 2010 You sound like you're talking from experience. Anyone we know? No!
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