New Resource In Fight Against Childhood Obesity, UK

Nope.

"If obesity among the young continues at the current rate, it is estimated that one fifth of boys and one third of girls will be obese by the year 2020. But a new CD Rom is to be launched to offer advice and support to West Midlands health workers faced with the rising tide of childhood obesity."

Of course, I can be wrong. Maybe the West Midlands had no CD ROMs until now.

"The new CD Rom will be distributed to between 500 and 800 West Midlands health workers, including health visitors and school nurses, and potentially other practitioners who offer support and advice on healthy eating to children, young people and their families/carers. It will offer a 'one-stop' shop for information about childhood obesity and to allow health staff to share experience and good practice. There will also be links to websites, resources, journals and training programmes and courses.

The collaborative venture involving the University and West Midlands Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) aims to provide practical help, such as how to advise people on cooking on a shoestring and develop balanced menus for youngsters."

Clearly money well-spent as none of this could have been accessed or distributed on the Internet.

It could even be updated on the Internet, though it remains a useless item IMHO.

Maybe there is no Internet in a place where CD ROMs are a new resource.

They are close to correct about one thing, though:

"'There is not just one professional group that can deal with this [childhood obesity]...'"

"There is not even one professional group that can deal with this [childhood obesity]," except to exacerbate it as they already have.