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The unpalatable truth of obesity

10 December 2007, Michael Bracey, Youth Work Now

Let me introduce you to the Quality Street Six. They're a small group of young people I work with each week. And like many youth groups, eating and drinking together...

Physical education needs a creative approach

5 December 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

As we are constantly reminded, childhood obesity is at record levels.

Editorial: Discs blunder ups pressure on ContactPoint

28 November 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Fear can be very contagious. The "missing discs" debacle at HM Revenue & Customs has intensified security concerns about ContactPoint, the £224m database that will hold details of every child...

Editorial: Child protection inadequacies are still rife

7 November 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The National Children's Bureau's study on safeguarding arrangements between hospitals and children's social services should alarm anyone involved in child protection (news, p4).

Editorial: A lesson in the need for emotional wellbeing

24 October 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The RSA in London was last week the scene of a fiery debate co-hosted by CYP Now and Channel 4 about today's teenagers.

Joined-up thinking on mental health

10 October 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

The physical support needs of teenagers give only half of the picture relating to health and wellbeing needs. The teenage years are a notoriously difficult period, with many people feeling...

Editorial: Confidentiality is critical to sexual health

3 October 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The General Medical Council (GMC) has for the first time issued guidance to all doctors in England and Wales on working with young people (see news, p11).

Localised support can help LGBT young people

26 September 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

To be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) and a young person is difficult.

Opinion: Policy into practice - How a good breakfast can reduce inequality

19 September 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but many children still arrive at school hungry or with just a quick, often sugary, snack inside them.

Opinion: From the frontline - Youth workers have a place inhospitals

6 September 2007, John Poyton, Youth Work Now

When the British Medical Association (BMA) described the state of adolescent health in the country as "a potential time bomb" four years ago, there was a direct call for healthcare...