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23/07/2014

How to talk to children about their weight, the Arabic radio drama Worth 100 Men, Endurance - a new play inspired by athletes and performed by women from Glasgow, Doris Lessing.

The National Obesity Forum estimates that nearly 25 per cent of UK children are either overweight or obese by the time they join reception class in primary school. So should parents worried that their children are gaining too much weight broach the subject and how to do it? Jenni Murray talks to Candida Hunt from the charity Health, Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young and Dr Billy White from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Glasgow's Commonwealth Games open tonight. 'Endurance' is a new theatre production from A Moment's Peace Theatre Company & the Women's Creative Company. The project involved women from Glasgow who had never worked in the arts before. They researched the female athletes from around the world who had participated in the Games through the decades and the theatre piece draws together archive interviews of the athletes themselves with the local women performing their stories.

An Arabic Radio Fiction drama called ' Worth 100 men' which tells the story of the challenges faced by a woman journalist at a radio station, is being broadcast in 9 Arab countries during Ramadan, a popular time for screening soap operas and dramas in the region. The project was launched by the Womanity Foundation, which was set up for the empowerment of women and girls across the world. Jenni speaks to Maysoun Odeh Gangat , the Director of Radio NISAA, a woman's radio station based in Ramallah which has been broadcasting the drama and to Antonella Notari Vischer from the Womanity Foundation.

Throughout the summer Woman's Hour will be discussing classic works of women's fiction. In this interview from 2008 Jenni talks to the Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing about her ground-breaking novel, The Golden Notebook.

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Chapters

  • Talking to children about their weight

    How should parents with children overweight children broach the subject?

    Duration: 09:01

  • Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Endurance Theatre

    Endurance is a new production from A Moment鈥檚 Peace Theatre & the Women鈥檚 Creative Company

    Duration: 10:57

  • Worth 100 Men - Empowering women through media in the Arab world

    An radio drama called 鈥橶orth 100 Men' is being broadcast in nine Arab countries.

    Duration: 12:29

  • Woman鈥檚 Hour Collection 鈥 Doris Lessing

    Jenni talks to the Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing about her novel The Golden Notebook.

    Duration: 09:46

Talking to children about their weight

The National Obesity Forum estimates that nearly 25 per cent of UK children are either overweight or obese by the time they join reception class in primary school. So how should parents with children overweight children broach the subject? And how do you have that conversation without upsetting them or damaging their self-esteem? Jenni Murray talks to聽Dr Billy White from the 聽and聽Candida Hunt from the charity聽聽(HENRY). Her book Healthy Families: Right from the Start with Henry is published by HENRY.

Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Endurance Theatre

Glasgow鈥檚 Commonwealth Games open tonight. 聽Running alongside the sports is , a programme of over 800 cultural events 聽taking place across hundreds of locations the length and breadth of Scotland.聽 鈥樷 is a new theatre production from A Moment鈥檚 Peace Theatre Company & the Women鈥檚 Creative Company.聽 The project involved women from Glasgow who had never worked in the arts before.聽 They researched the female athletes from around the world who had participated in the Games through the decades and the theatre piece draws together archive interviews of the athletes themselves with the local women performing their stories.聽 鈥淓ndurance鈥 is being performed at The Arches in Glasgow from tomorrow, Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th July. Every performance is signed - tickets are available from the Arches Box Office.

Worth 100 Men - Empowering women through media in the Arab world

An Arabic Radio Fiction drama called 鈥 Worth 100 Men鈥, which tells the story of the challenges faced by a woman journalist at a radio station, is being broadcast in nine Arab countries during Ramadan, a popular time for screening soap operas and dramas in the region. The project was launched by the , which was set up for the empowerment of women and girls across the world. Jenni speaks to Maysoun Odeh Gangat, the Director of Radio NISAA, the woman鈥檚 radio station based in Ramallah which has been broadcasting the drama.聽

Woman鈥檚 Hour Collection 鈥 Doris Lessing

In this interview from 2008 Jenni talks to the Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing about her classic novel, The Golden Notebook.

Throughout the summer Woman鈥檚 Hour will be discussing classic works of women鈥檚 fiction.聽 If you have a favourite book you would like us to discuss, please do .

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Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Candida Hunt
Interviewed Guest Dr Billy White
Interviewed Guest Maysoun Odeh Gangat
Interviewed Guest Antonella Notari Vischer
Interviewed Guest Doris Lessing

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  • Wed 23 Jul 2014 10:00

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