"Getting children to change their eating behaviour and exercise levels is notoriously difficult.

But a new project is encouraging overweight children to gain the self-confidence to start making changes by building a better environment for others.

Deep in the wilds of Hackney, in a little corner of a piece of reclaimed wasteland, five overweight 11-year-olds are getting stuck into a project to build some nesting boxes for the local population of bats. It is a far cry from the image of couch potato children who do no exercise."

(Via BBC NEWS | Health | Tackling child obesity the green way: .)

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