Health Matters
Plus-sized school uniforms at M&S
Marks & Spencer has launched a range of school clothes for fat children as young as four. The Plus range offers waistlines up to 41 inches. The retailer said it is merely meeting a demand by parents.“We want to make sure our schoolwear range is accessible for children of all shapes and sizes,” said a company spokesperson.
An EU-wide health warning must now be put on any food or drink that still contains the colours that are thought to cause hyperactivity in some children. This is following the Southampton Study, commissioned by the Agency, which suggested a possible link between consumption of six food colours and hyperactivity in children.
Many parents are incapable of giving their children the correct dose of liquid medicines, claim Australian researchers. Using household spoons to measure them out could mean a potentially dangerous overdose, they say.
When most adults think about exercise, they imagine working out in the gym on a treadmill or lifting weights. But for kids, exercise means playing and being physically active. Kids exercise when they have gym class at school, soccer practice, or dance class.
