How are fitness clubs going to encourage overweight people to join their clubs?
Lee mentioned boxing as an example of a great sport for encouraging those overweight or with low self-esteem to join in and it builds up their confidence. He went on to say that around 26% of young people in Bucks are overweight and he believes more could be done by clubs as there are activities out there for everyone – he cited swimming as a good example and we need to look at ways of encouraging children to do more swimming. Why isn’t there a Nexus weight management course for children? Lee said that it is all about balancing resources (time and financial) and identifying who is responsible for introducing and maintaining this particular initiative. It appears to be quite difficult to know that the smaller children are doing in terms of PE. Is it possible to employ more specialist PE teachers in primary schools? There are no plans to bring in more specialist PE teachers into primary schools but schools can approach the coaching agency if they would like to employ specialist sporting
