Kelly’s Dance Studio. NEW Spring/Summer TERM starts Saturday 27 April 2019
Kelly’s Dance Studio. NEW Spring/Summer TERM starts Saturday 27 April 2019. Passionate about all forms of dance, they offer classes in a variety of styles for children from 2.5 years BALLROOM – LATIN – BALLET – TAP – JAZZ every Saturday Rosette/Tiny Tots – They use simple steps to build confidence and co-ordination. There are 15
Berry Up at Eastertime
Easter is a time to enjoy the festivities including family meals and chocolate egg hunts. However, it is also rather easy for sugar intakes to skyrocket during this fun time. For example, one survey[1] looking at the sugar content of Easter eggs revealed that one medium chocolate egg provides around 23 teaspoons of sugar whilst
Healthy, Fast 800 Diet
For years I’ve been told the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to eating a little less and moving more creating a deficit. The “healthy” weight loss being 1-2lb a week. I know this because there isn’t a diet out there that I haven’t tried over the past 50 years! Some
Wellness Tips from a Leading Olympian… LAURA KENNY
Start your day right “I make sure I am incorporating delicious and nutritious meals into not only my diet, but also Albie’s. I would say breakfast is key, so we start the day with a bowl of Quaker Oats as they are packed with nutrition that aids gut and heart health.” Stay organised and plan
The Macular Society and optician launch festive campaign with inspirational Para-athlete
As an outgoing nine-year-old with a love of computer games and reading, Zac Shaw couldn’t understand why he was slowly edging closer to the screen and pages – until, after four years of tests and hospital trips, he was diagnosed with an incurable sight-stealing condition called Stargardt disease. It causes degeneration of the macula –
How To Deal With Teenage Acne
Becoming a teenager is a big and scary step for those involved. However, this is a time where many teenagers want to look their best and for most, this is when skin problems and issues begin to flare up. Nine out of ten teenagers will get acne at some point during adolescence and, although it
Spot the signs: Measles
Measles is a highly infectious, unpleasant viral illness that has some characteristic features to distinguish it from other viruses. Furthermore, it has the potential to cause serious complications. What to look for A mass of red spots break out around the neck, behind the ears and face but can appear elsewhere too, including the inside
Christmas presents to improve your child’s wellbeing
It’s that time of year again when parents hit the shops (or the internet) in desperate search of gifts for Christmas. Ideally, you are looking for presents that make their faces light up, not cost the earth, get your children off their screens and actually improve their development at the same time. Need some help?
Optometrist warns we’re absorbing more than 10 times too much blue light from digital device screens
Optometrist and blue light expert Dhruvin Patel believes that due to our screen-heavy lifestyles, the average Brit is absorbing more than 10 times too much blue light from their digital devices, with most spending between 10-14 hours a day in front of one. They have it all covered! We tried the cover for iphone and
A doctor’s guide to keeping positive as the clocks change
Winter is coming. The clocks have changed, and the long, dark nights are already starting. I know what you are thinking. How am I supposed to get through the winter? How am I going to stay productive and positive? Am I experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder or more commonly known as the Winter Blues? Well
Half-term headaches caused by parents failing to put eye tests first
Vision Express, the leading experts in eye health, has revealed that October half term is one of the most popular times to have children’s eyes tested, as kids adjust to life in the classroom during the autumn term. Research commissioned by the opticians this summer showed that eye tests fall low on the to do
Tech-free tourism: the rise of digital detox holidays
Experts in science and mental health have been warning us for years about how damaging too much screen time can have on our health. But, just how harmful is our tech gadgets such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and televisions, and is there anything we can do to reduce our reliance on technology? One solution that
World Mental Health Day
Head Above Water British Designer, Steuart Padwick has created the 9-metre high interactive, ‘Head Above Water’ interactive sculpture on London’s South Bank Head Above Water involved over 30 organisations, ranging from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry to global structural engineers Ramboll and lighting experts Hoare Lea. The 9-metre interactive, illuminated head challenges attitudes and
The Baby Show
The Baby Show Friday 19th – Sunday 21st October 2018 The UK’s biggest pregnancy and parenting Baby Show with over 200 baby retailers under one roof, Friday 19th – Sunday 21st October 2018 at Olympia London. www.thebabyshow.co.uk/olympia 770,000 children are born in the UK every year, the baby market is booming and the Show has new
Rugby for boys and girls
Autumn Rugby TV will soon show Autumn Rugby Internationals with teams from Southern Hemisphere to play matches in sell-out stadia, especially Twickenham. But there is a lot more rugby going on. Core Values Also in the autumn, clubs have started their league programmes for adult men and women, mostly on Saturdays, but Sundays are dominated by
No Mum & Dad You are Not Dreaming! Secrets to Sleeping Like a Baby Revealed at SOMNEX, The Sleep Show
Exhausted Parents & Restless Children Can Say Goodbye to Bedtime Battles As every parent knows, getting a sound night’s sleep for the whole family often feels like a distant dream, but rest assured if your baby, toddler or teen is having trouble sleeping, expert help is at hand! From child sleep consultants and coaches, to
Back to School Bugs and How to Avoid Them
With the summer holidays over, kids around the country will be geared up for the new school term with a brand-new backpack, shiny shoes and a fresh stationery set. What they won’t be prepared for however, are those dreaded back-to-school bugs. Returning to the classroom after a fun-packed summer is not easy, especially when there’s
Seasonal affective disorder in kids and how can you help
So, the colder mornings are among us. The summer sun is packing up, removing its hat for another year and we’re awaiting the arrival of the dreaded frost. Unfortunately, as the seasons change, so too can some people’s moods. Sunshine gives us a dose of vitamin D that we can often struggle to receive from
Are we too clean? Here are your doctors thoughts
Whether it be the ‘five-second rule’ after dropping a crisp, or vigorously using hand sanitiser when getting off the tube there are lots of habits, rituals and rules that we follow when it comes to germs and hygiene, but are all of them necessary? Could we actually benefit from a few germs every now and
270 children die in school each year of SCA
Research shows that 270 children die in school each year as a result of a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), with an average of 12 healthy young people suffering from fatal undiagnosed heart conditions each week. School staff are required to undergo training in the use of AEDs, yet, despite these statistics, defibrillators still aren’t a