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Life Expectancy

Sarah Best

14th November 2018

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The current UK life expectancy is 82.9 for women and 79.2 for men.

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock recently proposed a vision of how to increase these figures in the long-term. One of the proposals includes halving childhood obesity by 2030.

This article could be used for the Health unit.

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Sarah Best

Sarah is a passionate full-time Head of Sociology and Psychology and has worked in a variety in schools in the UK, and she is currently working in a British international school. She is keen to develop and boost the profile of both subjects.