The aim of this essay is to discuss three different factors that influence the health of children in 21st Century Britain, namely: legislation, poverty and parents and guardians. We will also evaluate the strategies in place that promote the health and well-being of young children. Finally, let's look at how the growing emphasis on physical outdoor play is being managed safely by ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) using risk assessments. When it comes to the only child, many influences occur to affect the "resilient, capable, confident and self-assured" (DCSFa, 2008, p05) from birth, impacting the health of the child. child. Therefore, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (DSCFb, 2008) focuses on the child's environmental, mental, social and spiritual health and wellbeing. Legislation has been a factor in child health since the 1850s, when the International Classification of Disease (World Health Organization, 2007) assumed responsibility, until April 7, 1948 (World Health Organization , 2011), when the World Health Organization (WHO) took over, stating that for complete and holistic development of health, freedom from disease was necessary. . Currently, many forms of legislation are in place, impacting children's health. The policies in force in the contexts constitute a positive factor, promoting the holistic development of children. Healthy eating policy is one of the key recommendations of the Acheson Report (Lowdell, Bardsley and Morgan, 1999), which states that improving children's health can be achieved through food policies that develop diets in schools. Kay, MacLeaod-Brudenell, and Brudenell (2008) recognize that across the different policy goals related to healthy eating... middle of article......SPA). (2011). Mission and vision of RoSPA. [Online]. Available at: http://www.rospa.com/about/missionandvision/default.aspx. [Accessed December 8, 2011]Tomlinson, P. (2008). The politics of childhood. In Jones, P., Moss, D., Tomlinson, P. and Welch, S. (eds.). Children's services and children's services. Essex: Pearson Education Limited Wintour, P. (2010). Frank Field's poverty report challenges 'sacred cows of welfare state' The Guardian. [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/03/frank-field-welfare-sacred-cows. [Accessed November 23, 2011]World Health Organization. (2011) History of the WHO. [Online] Available at: http://www.who.int/about/history/en/. [Accessed November 20, 2011]World Health Organization. (2007). Working for health [Online]. Available at: http://www.who.int/about/brochure_en.pdf. [Accessed: November 20 2011]