UK Training Industry Press Releases

An award-winning training scheme designed to improve the health of the nation's youngsters is making a major impact.

HENRY - Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young - is delivering e-learning courses via the internet in partnership with online training pioneer Virtual College in Ilkley.

Last year, HENRY received The Association for the Study of Obesity Best Practice Award. The accolade acknowledges, publicises and rewards good practice in the field of obesity.

It was awarded to the Oxford-based HENRY team, led by Professor Mary Rudolf, consultant paediatrician with Leeds Primary Care Trust and Professor of Child Health at the University of Leeds, and Programme Director Candida Hunt, who is a training and parenting specialist.

The only initiative in the UK that focuses on families with babies, toddlers and pre-school children, HENRY was established following a review in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in 2005, which provided evidence that obesity had its roots at a much earlier age than previously thought.