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Working Together to Improve our Health This week, Dr Clare Hambling (NHS clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity) has highlighted the importance of working together to tackle the issues that contribute to obesity with a shared vision of helping people remain as healthy as possible. Whilst positive figures are published in this week’s news article showing that obesity rates in England have started to stabilise for the first time in 20 years, ( https://dentistry.co.uk/2024/09/25/obesity-rates-in-england-stabilise-for-first-time-in-20-years/ )  there is still so much to be done to ensure we are all effectively supporting those who are overweight, at risk of becoming overweight and promoting an overall healthy, active lifestyle for everyone. In recent years, incentives such as the sugar tax, PE premium and Olympic funding have been introduced and the trend is now moving in the right direction, but there is still so much to be done. In primary schools we are in a hugely influenti...

          More than just ‘PE’… So many associate PE with physical fitness or learning how to perform within a specific sport. PE is so much more than a game in the school hall or running laps of the school field. It should be more than learning the skill set of a specific sport or developing our future elite athletes. A positive PE experience can ignite a passion for movement and sports that lasts a lifetime. It has the potential to shape your lifestyle and future health. Getting PE right from an early age can be lifechanging!  There is no doubt that PE should develop and master the physical skills whilst deepening the knowledge associated with physical activity across a range of contexts. PE should teach us, ‘why’ …it gets more of us interested! Where a culture and love of being physically active is embedded across a community, we can reach, engage and motivate more children. The opportunities we provide, have the power to enable our young people...