healthy lifestyle should be something all youth organisations do.
Why is it important to engage young people in health promotion?
Health education in schools has traditionally been a long list of what not to do and how not to do it. Many negative health behaviours become established at an early age. A report by the Chief Medical Officers in 2012 highlighted how unhealthy behaviours such as smoking and over consumption of alcohol are established in adolescence. In the UK up to 50 per cent of lifetime mental illness (excluding dementia) arises by the age of 14, and 75 per cent by the mid-20s.
What is the best way to promote healthy behaviour?
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