Press releases
13 Apr 2010
Panorama's Spoilt Rotten - MEND responds
Paul Sacher, Director for MEND, a social enterprise that runs community-based obesity prevention and treatment programmes for families, welcomes Panorama’s focus on childhood obesity in Spoilt Rotten due to be aired tonight (13/4/10).
16 Mar 2010
Obesity experts launch top tips for families on surviving chocolate overload at Easter Time
A set of top tips to help overweight children and their families survive Easter has been launched today by child obesity experts MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!).
15 Mar 2010
New fitness tests for children - MEND responds
Paul Sacher, Research Director at MEND, comments on the Government's Chief Medical Officer's recommendations that schoolchildren should have annual fitness test.
16 Feb 2010
Top tips for a healthy pancake day
'This pancake' day don’t toss away all your healthy eating habits. Enjoy the fun by simply following these top tips from local childhood obesity experts MEND on how to stay healthy this pancake day.
28 Jan 2010
New study shows weight loss ‘breakthrough’ for overweight and obese children
A study published today in the journal Obesity proves the success of the weight management programme MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition… Do It!) for overweight and obese children.
12 Jan 2010
- MEND responds to 'A Healthy Nation' Conservative Green paper published by the Conservative Party 12/01/10 -
Harry MacMillan, chief executive of MEND, a successful social enterprise that is dedicated to reducing overweight and obesity levels through community-based programmes and campaigns, welcomes the vision set out in ‘A Healthy Nation’ green paper published by the Conservative Party earlier this week.
15 Dec 2009
New report predicts obesity class-divide - MEND responds
MEND responds to the report from University College London that predicts an obesity class divide.
10 Dec 2009
National Child Measurement Programme results - MEND responds
Paul Sacher, Childhood obesity expert at MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it), said: “The number of obese and overweight children in the UK revealed today is indicative of a government that has failed to take childhood obesity seriously. The government must take immediate action, not only to protect the health of our nation’s children, but also to avoid the £50 billion cost to the NHS by 2050 (Foresight Report, 2005). Its blinkered view on child obesity cannot continue.
31 Mar 2009
- Department of Health confirms MEND’s appointment on the Cross-Government Obesity Unit Providers Framework -
MEND is delighted to be officially named in the Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives Child Weight Management Programme and Training Providers Framework list of ‘pre-qualified’ providers which has been developed by the Cross-Government Obesity Unit through a national-level procurement process.
On the 31st March 2009, after a rigorous tendering process, MEND’s success was formally announced. As a result of the procurement MEND is now appointed to offer all three of its Programmes for children from the ages of 2 to 13 across all of the ten Strategic Health Authority regions in England.
20 Jan 2009
The MEND Programme which is designed to help overweight and obese children manage their weight and become fitter, healthier and happier will start being rolled out across Wales from Tuesday 20th January 2009.
23 Jul 2008
Free child obesity programmes set to benefit thousands more families
As Alan Johnson unveils the Department of Health’s social marketing campaign, MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) announces the significant expansion of its national network of free courses for overweight and obese children and their families. From the Autumn Term 2008, 4000 more families are set to learn weight management skills each term in over 300 community locations across the UK as part of the after-school MEND Programme.
