Gurdeap Kaur 9 Years Ago I'm very keen in health and well being of local people and think this is great to help tackle a number of issues faced by young people. A few questions: Has this sort of survey been carried out previously? Will data be available at Local Authorities level or smaller geographies? Will it help tackle and understand obesity in young people? 0 Reply as... Cancel Philippa Lynch Gurdeap Kaur 9 Years Ago Hi Gurdeap A similar survey has been carried out at a national level previously - Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England (annual), and at a local authority level schools used to carry out the TellUs survey which touched on similar areas, involving children in years 6, 8 and 10. As far as I am aware, this is the first survey that has focused specifically on 15 year olds and aiming for national and local authority level results. If sufficient sample sizes are achieved, the aim is to provide local authority level comparisons from this survey. As the questions include diet and lifetsyle it will provide some local information which is relevant to tackling and understanding obesity. Best wishes Philippa 0 Reply as... Cancel
Philippa Lynch Gurdeap Kaur 9 Years Ago Hi Gurdeap A similar survey has been carried out at a national level previously - Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England (annual), and at a local authority level schools used to carry out the TellUs survey which touched on similar areas, involving children in years 6, 8 and 10. As far as I am aware, this is the first survey that has focused specifically on 15 year olds and aiming for national and local authority level results. If sufficient sample sizes are achieved, the aim is to provide local authority level comparisons from this survey. As the questions include diet and lifetsyle it will provide some local information which is relevant to tackling and understanding obesity. Best wishes Philippa 0 Reply as... Cancel