Healthy Bodies and Minds

The Healthy Bodies and Minds topic aims to co-produce scalable community and system interventions to tackle the child and family obesity crisis.  It seeks to support the optimum physical health of children and families including prevention of obesity.

Healthy Bodies and Minds Projects

Setting up a community type 2 diabetes service for children and young people

When children and young people develop type 2 diabetes, it is a serious condition that can shorten their lives. People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before they are 30 live,...

Tackling physical activity inequalities for Pakistani Muslim girls: Understanding behaviour and co-developing new intervention approaches

Data from Born in Bradford has consistently found that South Asian girls have the greatest risk of being inactive with only 22% meeting guidelines at age 7-11 years (compared to...

Forest school INterventions for Children’s Health

A growing number of children and young people are experiencing poor mental health. It is important to find ways to support them. A school-based intervention which is inclusive and has...

Making a Difference: Our Latest Healthy Bodies and Minds case studies

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Our latest Healthy Bodies and Minds publications

A longitudinal cohort study of damp and mouldy housing and children’s respiratory health in Bradford, UK

Levers to decrease exposure to harmful chemicals: the case of Personal Care Products and cosmetics

Nurturing in nature: an evaluation of a nature-based group for parents and caregivers of babies and young children – a thematic analysis and logic model