Jennie Cawood, from the English National Healthy University Network at the University of Central Lancashire, along with Mark Dooris, Director of the Healthy Settings Development Unit at the University of Central Lancashire, and Sue Powell, Head of Academy for Health and Well-Being at Manchester Metropolitan University, argue that the higher education sector offers an ideal setting for promoting health and well-being
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