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As summer holidays start for school children, parents and carers are reminded to be SunSmart and protect children’s skin during the summer holidays. Playing and spending time outdoors is great for children.

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Physical activity levels in children and teenagers across Ireland and Northern Ireland have improved slightly over the past eight years but not all children and teens have an equal chance to be active, a new Active Healthy Kids Report Card, involving the Technological University of the Shannon, has found.

An Athlone amateur photographer has won the top prize in a national competition examining how we age.

The countdown is on for entries into the ‘How We Age’ all-island photography competition, launched by the Institute of Public Health (IPH) in April.

Arts and creativity has an important role to play in health and wellbeing in later life and can help improve physical, psychological, and social health and wellbeing in older adults, a new report published by the Institute of Public Health (IPH) has found.

International experts from around the world, including Ireland, have had a letter published in The Lancet medical journal, calling for a unified approach to addressing the global challenge of loneliness.

GPs have an important role to play in helping older people throughout Westmeath to get more physical activity, according to health experts.