Jun 22 2010
MEND welcomes new NICE guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease
· MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it!) is a social enterprise that runs free healthy lifestyle programmes for two – 13 year olds and their families (MEND 2-4, MEND 5-7 and MEND 7-13)
· The MEND 7-13 Programme was devised by Great Ormond Street Hospital and the University College London’s Institute of Child Health
· The MEND 7-13 Programme is run in over 300 sites across the UK per term and has helped over 17,000 families
· MEND’s healthy lifestyle programmes are developed and tested by obesity specialists for delivery by a range of public and private sector partners.
· MEND is a National Third Sector Partner of the Department of Health’s Change4Life campaign.
