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Early years practitioners key in fight against childhood obesity

One in five children start Reception overweight or obese and over 45,000 children are admitted to hospital every year with tooth decay - we all know the facts and figures but what can early years practitioners do about it?

Next month, Action for Children are hosting Munch ‘n’ Move - an event where those of us who work with children in these all important formative years can find out more about healthy eating, good nutrition and exercise – everything we want to instil in our young people at this early age. There’ll be the opportunity to find out more about how and what to feed children as well as bringing people up to date with the latest research plus fun and interesting ways to make children more active.

But why is this so important and why is it so important now? In terms of children’s physical health and cognitive ability having the right fuel they need for their body and brain is crucial, if we get this wrong the impact is massive, creating a lifetime of poor health and impacting on people’s abilities. 

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