There has been much to celebrate at LifeLab this week. Four years ago we opened our laboratory doors to a brand new project aimed at engaging the next generation in the science behind health messages so that they could look forward to healthy futures.
This week we saw the 7,000th student walk through those same doors, marking just how far the programme has come.

St Edmund’s Catholic school from Portsmouth celebrated the milestone with us as it was their visit that pushed us past the 7,000-student mark.
Along with all the usual array of hands-on experiments that comes with a day at LifeLab, the students were also given some stationary, so they could remember making the milestone with us.

Our programme leader Programme leader Kathryn Woods-Townsend said: “We are thrilled that in only four years since LifeLab opened over 7,000 teenagers from across the South Coast have participated in the program.

“These teenagers are the next generation – engaging them with the science behind the health messages, so that they understand the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices now will ensure that not only will they be healthier as they grow up, but that these health benefits will be passed onto their future families.”

And the celebrations don’t stop there as we are looking forward to the official launch of the EACh-b programme which aims to improve the diets and physical activity levels of adolescents.

We will be welcoming our partners to LifeLab on Monday to celebrate this new chapter while some of our team will take part in some training so we will be better equipped to tackle this exciting research.