In a previous life, I worked in health promotion with young people.
Our team were great believers in promoting informed choice, as opposedto taking a just-say-no approach - unlike some of our more zealouscolleagues who we secretly nicknamed The Health Fascists.
Getting caught smoking, having a hangover or eating a doughnut resultedin a lecture and being cold-shouldered in the staff room. I was alwaysgetting sly digs to lose weight by the super-fit colleagues.
I was reminded of those days while running an event for looked-afterchildren recently. As part of our being healthy objectives, we ran someworkshops that encouraged our children to try different activities andtell us what being healthy meant for them.
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