25/01/2022 – Children of the North

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”.