Three Ages of Child | Dr Guddi Singh (BBC Sounds)
Dr Guddi Singh is on a mission. She wants to find out what influences the health and wellbeing of our children and whether it’s time for a new approach.
Dr Guddi Singh is a paediatrician looking for answers. She’s worried about the patients whose problems can’t be fixed with a prescription – babies who are not thriving because their parents can’t afford to heat their home or children who are obese because they don’t have access to outdoor space. Children in the UK face some of the worst health outcomes in Europe.
Dr Singh wants to find solutions. In a three-part series, she travels across England through the three ages of childhood: the early years, the primary school years and adolescence. She meets people in the community, from health workers to teachers, on a quest to discover what’s going wrong and what it will take to turn things around.
Presenter: Guddi Singh
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4