Resources – Master Class 3
Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents – July 16th
If you want to know more about this subject, you can access some of the resources discussed here:
🔹 Free International Journal for members of IHPE
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhpe20/current
🔹 Key IHPE Statements on Food and Related Issues https://ihpe.org.uk/resources/position-papers/
🔹 Childhood obesity: positive change is
possible https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r80?sso=
🔹England’s food strategy: local directors of public health need to be given power and resources
https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1837
🔹Obesogenic environments: the UK government needs to act now https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p940
🔹 IHPE Position Statement: Breastfeeding https://ihpe.org.uk/resources/position-papers/
🔹 For a copy of the teaching resource pack which is aligned to the PHSE curriculum for KS1 and 2, please email l.ells@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
🔹Short film shared by Louise available here – https://youtu.be/regiwpu4YXc
🔹 Foodbanks and free school meals are vital for supporting some families at the present time, but we urgently need a long term national strategy so that these types of initiative become
redundant in the future. https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n343?sso=
🔹 Promoting health: a plea for participation https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p1134/rr
🔹 E-Learning – Welcome to the official MECC eLearning page, which will equip you with the
skills and knowledge you need to have effective health behaviour change conversations. Log in or register below; New e-learning modules available now!!
Level 1: Having Healthy Weight Conversations (ESR users click here for English)
Level 2: Having Healthy Weight Conversations (ESR users click here for English)
In Development for 2025:
Level 2: Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and Level 2: Alcohol Brief Intervention
🔹 Northumbria Healthcare have developed a virtual patient tool to support staff to have helpful and supportive conversations about weight with patients. This has been co-produced with users of the adult weight management service based on their lived experience
Helpful Conversations About Weight | Keele Virtual Patient
🔹 At Doncaster Council we’re soon launching (by the end of 2025) a free tailorable training
package for Professionals that might be of interest? You can email
Compassionate@doncaster.gov.uk
to find out more from the Compassionate Approach practice group.
🔹 There is some great work and learning coming out of the CEW clinics around employing a biopsychosocial approach with group to effect positive change in lifestyle behaviours
Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) Service | University Hospitals Plymouth
NHS Trust
🔹 We have just published an impact evaluation of a 2 year project in Cheshire and Merseyside delivering training called
“Why weight to talk?”; that adopts many of these principles. Please email: michael.viggars@heg.org.uk
and I can send on a copy.
🔹 Northumbria Healthcare have developed a virtual patient tool to support staff to have helpful and supportive conversations about weight with patients. This has been co produced with users of the adult weight management service based on their livedexperience
Helpful Conversations About Weight | Keele Virtual Patient
🔹 There are some existing programmes that are probably underused – I’m particularly thinking about access to the NDPP for women who have experienced gestational diabetes in
pregnancy – which can help develop healthier behaviours post partum