Kathryn Ingold FFPH
@kathryningold.bsky.social
Consultant in public health, children and families. Leeds, UK.
Bite Back are amazing. It is not great that children’s health is not protected in an environment designed just for them and is within adults control. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report
‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of access to free school meals
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New BMJ investigation out now - Exploring junk food suppliers' ‘shocking’ presence at school food event https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100552
Junk food suppliers have “shocking” major presence at UK’s biggest school food event
As the government prepares to introduce updated school food standards, The BMJ finds that more than a third of the firms exhibiting at a major school food show sell products high in fat, sugar, or sal...
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Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington
Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people | Richard Partington
Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state
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🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
More evidence supporting an argument for legal protection of children against violence used as discipline: www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Physical punishment of children: ineffective and harmful
Ban this counterproductive form of discipline Physical, or corporal, punishment—euphemistically known as smacking, spanking, and slapping—involves hitting or otherwise hurting children to modify thei...
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Interesting analysis of the implications of the imminent social media ban: www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Adolescent social media restrictions: are we missing the bigger picture?
Amrit Kaur Purba and colleagues argue that the effects of adolescent social media restrictions are not simple and need to be considered within social, technological, commercial, and political contexts...
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Agree, we need to change the environment to support health: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity
Commons health committee also recommends end to junk food advertising on billboards and public transport
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📝 A new report by Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health shows child health across the UK has seen little improvement in recent years. We welcome the report’s recommendations to strengthen a national approach to child health to improve outcomes for every child. www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/s...
State of Child Health
In 2026 children’s health is in decline. Across nearly all major measures, outcomes have worsened or stagnated across the UK, reversing years of progress, and the impact is felt most sharply in depriv...
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Find it hard to believe it is still legal to assault children. The findings of this research are not a surprise and add to the case to legislate against smacking. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Children hit by parents more likely to bully others, research finds
The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in school
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This book provides the best life lessons I’ve read since Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen). Thanks to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for the recommendation and Jamie Bartlett for writing it. Lots rings true to my experiences and it contains plenty of food for thought
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: The Children, Young People and Families Networking Event St George’s Centre, Leeds Tuesday 30 June 2026 10:30am–2:30pm A chance for third sector, NHS and local authority colleagues to connect, share learning and strengthen partnerships.
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What Neighbourhood Health Means for the Third Sector in Leeds - Forum Central
The government has published its Neighbourhood Health Framework, setting out how local health and care services are expected to work more closely together at a neighbourhood level. For organisations a...
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@forumcentral.bsky.social · 6mo agoWhat does neighbourhood health mean for the third sector in Leeds? Our latest blog explores what this shift could mean in practice, and why the VCSE sector must be part of the conversation.
A massive a achievement which will save lives . www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
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Opportunity to work in childrens public health in Leeds. Please share. ce0992li.webitrent.com/ce0992li_web...
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Fascinating idea: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ireland's basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck | Caelainn Hogan
A pilot scheme offering some artists €300-plus a month for three years is being made permanent. But should something so fundamental be run like a lottery, asks writer Caelainn Hogan
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Protect your little one this winter ☃️ Children aged 2 and 3 can get a quick and painless nasal spray flu vaccine - available at your community pharmacy or GP. Find out more and book a free vaccination today 👉 www.nhs.uk/vaccinations... #FluVaccination #WinterVaccines
Very sad news: British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.
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📢 Over 1,200 public health professionals have written to health spokespeople from all parties, urging swift passage of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill - a historic chance to protect future generations. 🚭✨ ✉️ Read the letter: shorturl.at/4Miyl
Action on Smoking Health (UK)@ashorguk.bsky.social · 12mo ago👏 Peers meet today for the first Committee session on the Tobacco & Vapes Bill (finally!) ASH analysis shows around ~120,000 young people (18–24) have started smoking since the Bill was first introduced last November. 🚭 It's time to act. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Why Trump's comments on vaccines and paracetamol risk child health www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Trump's views on vaccines and paracetamol risk child health
The public relies on measured, careful statements rooted in robust scientific research, not conjecture.
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Have your say on the future of #Leeds in our Leeds Local Plan consultation 💬 It will set the future direction of planning policy in Leeds across a range of important areas. This is your opportunity to influence your future, wherever you live. Complete the surveys: bit.ly/4nzUwuV
It's rare to hear about health visitors in a heritage experience. Well done Black Country Living Museum Dudley. "A replica welfare centre offers insights into the NHS and motherhood in the 1960s through interactions with a midwife and health visitor." www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/ordinar...
Ordinary city in the Midlands has been named as England's best day out
The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, has been named England's best day out
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"[C]hildhood malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is 'rising at an alarming rate,' with more than 5,000 children under the age of 5 treated for the life-threatening condition in May alone." "636 were diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, the most lethal form." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
UNICEF: Over 5,000 Gaza Children Treated for Malnutrition in May Alone | Common Dreams
"Every one of these cases is preventable," said one UNICEF official. "The food, water, and nutrition treatments they desperately need are being blocked from reaching them."
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The children & young people had a lot to say on this, privileged to have had the opportunity to listen to their views and hear what they think needs to be done. Next step is to follow through on what they’ve asked and share this and the resources we are developing far and wide.
James McTaggart@jamesedpsych.bsky.social · last yr.Enacting the UNCRC means children have rights to consent, to be consulted, and to complain. But often adult myths about their capacity get in the way. @jochamberlain.bsky.social and I asked children & young people what they thought of these myths - here is what we learned!
