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RedBranch News

Be Active

January 18, 2012
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Physical activity keeps you healthy. Being active helps you to control your weight, and according to the World Health Organisation it even reduces your risk for certain cancers, heart disease and stroke. Regular exercise is also good for your mental health – exercise reduces anxiety and stress and can improve self-esteem. Moderate exercise improves your [...]

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Healthy Eating Resources for Parents

January 4, 2012
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We’ve compiled all our healthy eating articles on a single page over at our Parents for Health website. You can now find the healthy-eating resource you need much more easily. Parents for Health provides parents with a wide range of free resources to help encourage children to develop healthy eating habits – and the resources just got easier to access!

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New at Parents for Health: Autumn 2011

November 23, 2011
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We’re busy reorganising our Parents for Health site – we’ll soon have a range of resource pages that will help parents to easily access the material they need. This will also make it more likely that our material is found during internet searches. The number of people using the site has grown by 400% in the past month, so we’re keen to take it to the next level!

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The Healthy School Cafe

October 28, 2011
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The Healthy School Cafe is a commercial school food service that has a core ethos of promoting healthy diet. Started in 2009 by RedBranch, the initiative is now run by The School Food Company, with RedBranch providing support as an educational partner. The café promotes healthy lifestyle choices, and is supported by a range of RedBranch educational messages. The healthy school cafe has a major effect on health behaviour in teenagers.

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Parents for Health

July 15, 2011
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In June 2011 RedBranch launched a pilot initiative for parents in the UK & Ireland. The initiative is called Parents for Health and will empower parents to change family lifestyle habits. Parents have a key role to play in preventing chronic disease in the next generation. The initiative will give parents the necessary support to make positive changes, and will create a social support structure for parents to help make lifestyle changes sustainable.

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Peer to Peer: School Fruit Micro Business

July 28, 2011
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The RedBranch school-fruit micro-business is a peer-led initiative that helps senior students to promote fruit to their younger peers. The initiative is basically a small business run by students – who are responsible for the ordering, marketing and distribution of the fruit. The programme encourages the consumption of fruit during the school day and leads [...]

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Re-launch of Parents for Health Mailing List

November 15, 2011
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We’ve re-launched our mailing list over at our Parents for Health initiative. Joining the free mailing list gives parents access to health tips that wouldn’t otherwise appear on the site. We now offer a free eBook as an incentive to sign up for the service – and this has significantly increased the number of parents [...]

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