what have we learnt so far? views of the young people of lancashire

What have we learnt so far?

Views of the Young People of Lancashire

Young People’s Conference

• Held in February 2009• 84 young people attended from 21 high

schools from across Lancashire• Considered potential barriers and possible

suggestions in 10 topic areas linked to childhood obesity

• Asked to identify what key organisations should do to support this agenda

LCC and District Councils could also make us feel safer and improve local park facilities by:• Helping us to get to and from places

safely• Creating safer places for us to be in• Making local parks more attractive• Investing in more adventure parks/play

areas

• Offering more, cheaper and some FREE activities locally

• Offering lots of different activities including extreme sports and gyms for kids

• Providing free/ cheaper transport to leisure centres/ activities

LCC and District Councils could also promote Physical Activity by:

• Having less fast food outlets

• Promoting the sale of fruit and vegetables in shops

• Having more practical food work in schools

• Promoting key messages and healthy choices through advertising and campaigns

LCC and District Councils could also promote Healthy Eating by:

• Come into schools to give more information

• Provide access to a school nurse, dentist/ optician in schools

• Provide more dental health promotion in schools

• Increase awareness of benefits of breastfeeding with Young People

Health Professionals could:

Schools could also:

• Improve the dining room environment• Don’t provide snacks containing sugar

except at lunchtime• Introduce rewards system• Provide cookery clubs • Teach skills to cook meals from scratch

• Let us choose the PE kit• Introduce more things like walking

buses involving the community• Teach key messages, including body

image across school• Raise awareness and teach benefits

of breastfeeding to make it normal

Schools could also:

Others could also:• Be inclusive especially for children

with special needs • Provide positive role models • Get families involved• Open "healthy fast food bars" • Encourage police to let young people

do activities in the street

Young People’s Campaign name and logo

Next Steps:• Young people’s views are being shared

with partners to help shape action plans

• Forthcoming conference and showcasing event for Young People to help develop the ‘Be Active Eat Healthy’ campaign

Any Questions?