Fat chance
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The first US-style summer camp for fat children will take place in Britain in the summer of 1999. Some health experts are sceptical about these camps. They believe that the camps have no long-term effect and that they add to the stigma for obese children. Supporters, who point to the increasing incidence of obesity in Britain and to the few alternatives available to address the problem, maintain that the experiment is worth a try. The organizer of the UK camp is an exercise and health lecturer, and the emphasis of the camp will be on promoting enjoyment of sport and exercise.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Green cycle starts here: How should nurses react to a 'green' white paper that gives new meaning to the phrase 'on yer bike'?
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Motor travel to hospitals by staff and patients contributes to pollution levels according to the environmental lobby group Transport 2000. The white paper, A New Deal for Transport, expects nurses and their employers to be at the forefront of national efforts to reduce motor travel to hospitals. Some hospitals have already made efforts to tackle the problem, with the introduction of charges for car parking spaces, the income from which was used to improve staff security with closed-circuit television and bicycle safes.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Making history
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Long-stay residential care patients with learning disabilities are being encouraged to tell the stories of the lives in an effort to empower and teach.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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