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Breaking the link between poverty and poor health outcomes

Pupil wellbeing
The work schools undertake to promote the health and wellbeing of students is far-reaching, the whole system must work harder to break the link between disadvantaged children and poor health outcomes. Dr Hilary Emery explains.

Helping children to be healthy and encouraging them to make healthy lifestyle choices is a fundamental concern of schools across the country. 

Teachers are reminded of the importance of their role by the chief medical officer’s (CMO) annual report. It makes a compelling case for early intervention and preventative work on child health, exactly the type of initiatives that take place within schools. The report makes far-reaching recommendations and includes suggestions for how schools can play their part in the inter-agency approach required to improve child health.

Aptly titled Our Children Deserve Better, the report finds that the lives of five children every day could be saved if we could match the achievements of countries like Sweden. 

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