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A snap-shot of social trends and daily life in the 21st century
- Research has found that one in six children aged 5 to 16 in England reported a probable mental health disorder last year – up from one in nine in 2017. Anxiety and depression have escalated beyond anything seen before in the NHS. And so, the NHS plans to have 400 mental health support teams working...Help our children cope
- In the West, insomnia is thought to affect between 10 and 30 per cent of adults at any one time, according to the Economic and Social Research Council. The group also says that a tenth of British adults regularly take some kind of sleeping tablet, with its accompanying risk of addiction. Now The Sleep Charity,...Can you sleep?
- Before the pandemic, about a quarter of children could not swim the curriculum stipulated length when they left primary school. But now it is feared that by 2025, this could rise to three in five of all primary school children. The figure comes from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Swimming and Swim England. With...Can your child swim the length of a pool?
- More than half of us admit that we will miss some aspects of the Covid-19 restrictions, especially spending more time at home with our family, and appreciating the quieter roads. A recent study by King’s College London and Ipsos Mori found that around one third of us feel the past year has been similar or...What will you miss about lockdown?
- Two out of three adults in the UK are now overweight. That means that the Government has made tackling obesity as the ‘priority’ for recovering from the pandemic. (80 per cent of our health problems are caused by unhealthy lifestyles.) Boris Johnson recently announced an Office for Health Promotion (OHP) to boost our activity and...Slim down
- Looking at your smartphone, or touching it, makes other people want to do the same to their smartphones. A recent study at the university of Pisa calls it ‘human mimicry’, when people unintentionally change their physical behaviour to match those of people nearby. The study found it happened to people in social settings that included...What happens when you look at your smartphone
- Schools should teach younger children to brush their teeth properly. So says the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dentists say that teeth-cleaning sessions would ensure that those pupils who skipped the routine at home would at least be less likely to suffer major dental problems. As one dentist...Help them brush their teeth
- One in eight adults in the UK – that is about seven million of us – are at risk of problem gambling, according to a recent study by YouGov. While more than half of us bet money online or at events, 19 per cent of people were found to have at least one characteristic of...Gambling – a major problem
- School is out this month, but how much good did it do your child? More than 200,000 pupils will leave primary school this year without being able to read, according to recent unpublished figures by the government. Now Boris Johnson has announced a ‘four-year emergency’ plan to help children catch up on their learning. One...Can your child read?
- Dog thefts across the UK soared last year. The problem is now so serious that the government is to set up a pet theft taskforce to fight the organised crime gangs involved. The taskforce will include officials from the Environment Department (Defra), the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice and the police. There will also...Why your dog may be in danger
- Making changes Gardening really is good for you Beware Japanese knotweed this summer What does your lawn say about you? Home alone, wanting a gnome Those who cry over spoilt milk Don’t make decisions on an empty stomach. Trouble sleeping? Give a compliment ** Editor: by David Pickup, a solicitor. Making changes They also failed...Looking at You (all articles) for June 2021
- They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them. Judges 8:35 There are some things we change often, and others rarely. All businesses want customers and clients who return again and again, without making a fuss and...Making changes