During the event, it was announced that the Chief Medical Officer's updated physical activity guidelines for children will be published later this year.
The announcement was made by Kathryn Hesketh, Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellow who has provided the research for the revised guidelines.
The revised guidelines for under-fives, children, young people and adults will provide an update to the current guidelines which were published eight years ago in 2011.
Also speaking at the event, which was organised to celebrate the first anniversary of the Mayor’s Healthy Early Years London (HEYL) awards programme for early years settings, was the deputy mayor for education and childcare Joanne McCartney, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) nursery group June O’Sullivan, Dr Mike Loosemore, NHS consultant in sport and exercise medicine at University College London, along with staff from nurseries and children’s centres across the City participating in the programme.
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