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Younger pupils mimic habits of obese children in older classes - The Observer 3rd January 2010
"Researchers turn spotlight on schools they say are putting pupils health at risk"
Number of people dying as a result of obesity doubles in 10 years - Daily Telegraph 1st January 2010
"Britain is facing an “obesity time-bomb” with the number of middle-aged people dying as a result of being overweight more than doubling in less than a decade, official figures have disclosed. "
300 babies born on New Year’s Day ' will be obese or overweight by the time start school' - Daily Telegraph 1st January 2010
"More than 300 babies born in the 24 hours of New Year’s Day will be obese or overweight by the time they are ready to start school, according to a new estimate. "
Liverpool council in talks over offering free school meals to every primary school age child in the city - Liverpool Echo 30th December 2009
"LIVERPOOL council is in fresh talks over offering free school meals to every primary school age child in the city.
Leaders are discussing launching a bid for a pilot scheme aimed at promoting healthy eating and tackling childhood obesity."
School parking ban to tackle fat crisis - Manchester Evening News 30th December 2009
"PARENTS could be banned from parking outside schools in a bid to combat childhood obesity.
Health chiefs in Greater Manchester want to take the drastic step of introducing residents-only parking around schools to encourage more children to walk or cycle in."
Parents 'should be banned from parking outside schools in order to fight child obesity' - Daily Telegraph 31st December 2009
"Parents should be banned from parking outside schools in an attempt to tackle child obesity, health bosses have argued. "
Latest plan to tackle childhood obesity: a ban on parents parking near the school gates - Daily Mail 31st December 2009
"Parents face being banned from the school run as part of a controversial attempt to combat childhood obesity.
Health chiefs hope introducing residents-only parking areas near schools will encourage pupils to walk or cycle instead. "
Your daughter is not disabled enough: Mother's fury as 10-year-old with prosthetic leg suffers benefits penalty for trying to be normal - Daily Mail 10th October 2009
"For ten-year-old Devon Taverner, overcoming adversity is a way of life as she fights to be just another normal little girl.
But all her bravery in dealing with being born with a severely disabled leg could not prepare her for the cruellest of blows delivered by benefits bureaucrats. "
Flu absence rate 'abnormally high' at Scottish school - The Guardian 7th October 2009
"West Lothian school remains open despite more than a quarter of pupils calling in sick, in apparent swine flu outbreak"
Russian teens to be tested for drugs at school - The Independent 8th October 2009
"Russian teenagers will be tested for drugs during their regular medical examinations at school, Russia's anti-narcotics agency chief said Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed the mandatory drug screenings last month, warning that addiction was a threat to national security."
School hit by swine flu will stay open - The Times 8th October 2009
"Authorities have refused to close a secondary school where a quarter of all pupils are off sick, including more than 100 with suspected swine flu.
Almost 300 pupils have called in sick over the past few days at Linlithgow Academy, near Edinburgh, with 135 showing flu-like symptoms. A further 40 children are off sick at Linlithgow Primary School, which has a roll of 415. An official said it is not yet known if the absentees have flu-like symptoms."
Cumbrian health chief’s backing for cervical cancer jabs - North West Evening Mail 5th October 2009
"A COUNTY health chief is reassuring parents and young girls that a cervical cancer vaccination has passed rigorous safety tests and is vital to saving lives.
Parents have been concerned about the Cervarix jab following the death of 14-year-old Coventry schoolgirl, Natalie Morton, who collapsed less than two hours after being given the vaccination at school on Monday."
Healthy reporting on the HPV vaccine - The Guardian 5th October 2009
"How did the media handle the death of Natalie Morton? Well, actually. With good science, an MMR-style panic was averted"
School asks parents to stop drinking at gates - The Observer 4th October 2009
A school governor has called for a ban on parents drinking alcohol while picking up their children.
Arthur Mitchell, chairman of the board of governors at Doncaster Road primary school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said a street drinking ban had been proposed after police received reports that parents had been seen drinking at the school's gates."
The worries over the cervical cancer jab and the questions that must be answered - Daily Mail 2nd October 2009
"Natalie's death forced experts to stress that the cervical cancer jab is safe. The Mail supports that. But we also believe that the parents who claim it terribly damaged their daughters have a right to speak."
Girl who died after cervical cancer injection had tumour in her chest - The Guardian 1st October 2009
"Death of Natalie Morton due to underlying medical condition, inquest hears"
Private functions - The Guardian 1st October 2009
"The media may want the doctors' details, but recent events underline the value of medical confidentiality"
School delays vaccine after Coventry death - Times & Star 1st October 2009
"A WORKINGTON school has stopped giving a cancer vaccine to girl pupils after the death of a 14-year-old in Coventry, despite reassurances the jab is safe."
Cumbrian schools continue to back cervical cancer jab drive - North West Evening Mail 1st October 2009
"SCHOOLS have continued to support an immunisation campaign to protect against cervical cancer following news that a 14-year-old schoolgirl died just hours after being given the vaccine.
NHS Cumbria has confirmed all secondary schools in South Cumbria, except St Bernard’s Catholic High School, have now completed the first stage of the vaccination programme."
HPV jabs delayed in Middlewich following death of Natalie Morton - Middlewich Guardian 1st October 2009
"HPV vaccinations have been delayed in Middlewich following the death of a 14-year-old girl from Coventry.
Natalie Morton died in hospital on September 28 shortly after being given the jab. "
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