Course Description:
HENRY (Healthy Start, Brighter Future) Core Training
This two day course will help you further the develop skills, knowledge and confidence to support a healthy start in life. It will cover:
- the importance of early years for lifelong wellbeing and obesity prevention
- risk and protective factors for child obesity and a healthy start
- the five elements of a healthy start - parenting, lifestyle habits, nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellbeing
- working in partnership with families - a strength-based, solution-focused approach to supporting behaviour change
- emotional dimensions of change - links between behaviours, feelings and needs - and the power of empathy as a catalyst for change
- national guidance on healthy nutrition and physical activity for babies and young children
