MEND - Obesity and Treatment programme.
| Published: 14th September 2007 13:18 |
The MEND programme consists of eighteen two-hour FREE sessions over 10 weeks.
Each session features one hour on either diet, nutrition or behavioural change and an hour of fun, land or water-based exercise. All sessions comprise practical, hands-on learning using specially designed games, visual demonstrations and activities including a supermarket tour and a MEND-friendly receipe tasting session. As part of the programme at least one parent or carer must accompany each child at every session.
For further details ring River Park Leisure Centre on 01962 848700 or 01962 848706.
River Park Leisure Centre has recently been awarded £47,000 from The Big Lottery Wellbeing Programme to implement the MEND programme from Autumn 2007. There is no cost to attend the programme, but the centre will need to assess children's suitability for the programme based on their age, weight and health.
click here for more general information on the MEND website
