Speakers: Professor Kate Pickett, Northern Health Science Alliance; Professor Nick Bosanquet, Aiming for Health Success; Kim Leadbeater, MP for Batley and Spen.
25 January 2022
All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood
‘Children of the North’
Chair: Steve McCabe MP
Speakers:
- Professor Kate Pickett, Northern Health Science Alliance
- Professor Nick Bosanquet, Aiming for Health Success
- Kim Leadbeater MP for Batley and Spen
As this was a Zoom meeting we are able to share a recording instead of the usual meeting notes.
Please email to access the recording. The chatstream is here.
Order and Timings:
00:00 Steve McCabe MP – Chair’s introduction
04:54 Kate Pickett
15:15 Nick Bosanquet
22:33 Kim Leadbeater
27:15 Questions and Discussion
You should also be able to read and follow the chat flow which has further questions and responses.
Links from the chat
Link to the Northern Health Science Alliance’s “Children of the North” report
https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/01/Child-of-the-North-Report-FINAL-1.pdf
From Prof. Keith Godfrey, University of Southampton
National data show that inequalities in obesity have acutely worsened during the pandemic, on the back of already worsening disparities https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-child-measurement-programme/2020-21-school-year/deprivation
Book recommendation from Pippa Bagnall
David Goodhart “Head, Hand and Heart – The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century”.