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Get your car seat kids fit and exercising the fun way…on a scooter! They won’t even know they’re exercising!

Research shows that the number of children travelling to school by car in the past 20 years has doubled, and the number of children walking to school has reached its lowest level ever. Just 47% of primary school-aged children now walk to school, with the figure falling to a paltry 36% among secondary school pupils.

So, it comes as no surprise, then, that the government’s Chief Medical Officers say that 68% of boys and 76% of girls aged between two years and 15 years do not meet the minimum recommendation of an hour of moderate physical activity per day, and that they are therefore at risk of obesity, weak bones and future heart disease.

micro scooterIf walking is too much of a chore for your child and becomes a bone of contention, scooting is the latest craze, which has become a must for most primary school aged children. If you haven’t seen, bought or been gifted with a Micro Scooter then you you’ve really missed a trick!

Bump to work: 10 tips to successful pregnancy wellbeing at work
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Bump to work: 10 tips to successful pregnancy wellbeing at work

Pregnancy is often the time when most women start to think about being healthier, which is easily done in your free time, but what about the hours when you are at work?

pregnancy at workIt can be a challenge between balancing the health of yourself and your baby, with the ability to keep up at work. Here are some tips on how to stay well at work whilst you’re pregnant: