Things in the library 20 July

things to knock you out...

Around a third of children aged 2 to 15 in the UK are overweight or obese. Children are becoming obese at an earlier age, staying obese for longer and children from lower income household are more than twice as likely to be obese than those in high income households.
The King's Fund have released a blog post: Second’s out, round two: Is the government’s latest childhood obesity plan a knockout? The government’s first childhood obesity plan was simply not good enough to address these challenges. The obesity plan, chapter 2 is now here. One way to answer if it is better than the first is to assess it against the Health and Social Care Committee’s refreshed recommendations based on its most recent grilling of the experts. The King's Fund has produced a table to show this.

things dawning...
A new dawn for children’s health and wellbeing. NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Children and Young People highlights how the journey to integrated care presents a real opportunity to join up pathways around the needs of children and families. Read her blog post here. You can follow this link to see more about integrated care in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.

things that are working...

A new Government-funded project to help people with common physical health problems or mental health issues to get into or stay in work is now being trialled in the Sheffield area.  The project – Working Win – has been implemented by the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (ICS). The ICS has described it as ‘fitting exactly’ with its plan to focus on factors that affect health such as education, employment and housing to not only improve the health, wellbeing and life choices of every person in the region but also to deliver a more financially sustainable health and care system for the future. More information about the scheme is available on the workinwin and sheffieldcityregion websites.

unusual things for summer desserts..
I thought this pea mousse was a starter but apparently it makes a great dessert! Decorate with pea shoots and flowers for the wow factor.