Nudging Nanny out the way: Promoting health literacy in Schools
The recognition of childhood obesity as a global health epidemic has placed schools in a position of responsibility as the state shifts from ‘nannying’ to ‘nudging’ individuals to adopt healthy behaviours. Health Literacy (HL) is a concept of empowerment, based on the premise that health education can improve people’s abilities to make choices about their health and well-being. The journal of Sport, Education and Society has published the findings of a practice-based, qualitative study of the level of health literacy across pupils in UK schools in an article entitled ‘Health literacy
