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New menu checking service to help schools meet new standards

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| Nursery World

The Children’s Food Trust has launched a new menu checking service to help schools guarantee their meals meet the new food standards.

Early diet may be linked to intelligence, says study

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Eating a diet high in fat, sugar and processed food may lower a child's IQ, while a vitamin and nutrient-rich diet could do the opposite, a new study suggests.

'Use only NHS services to test for allergies'

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Alternative tests to diagnose allergies in children should be avoided, according to new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A 33.5m project is to follow the lives of 90,000 British children from birth to find out more about what factors affect health and happiness in society.

Sleep disorder link to behaviour problems in young children

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Young children who experience breathing difficulties during sleep, such as snoring, are more likely to go on to develop behaviour problems when they are older, finds a new study.

Jamie Oliver slams Gove's food review

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove's plan to carry out an inquiry into school food has come under attack from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and teaching unions, who have branded the review a 'waste of money'.

DfE to fund breakfast club provision in thousands of schools

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Monday, March 19, 2018

| Nursery World

More than 1,770 schools in areas of deprivation are to benefit from an investment of £26 million by the DfE to provide children with a healthy and nutritious breakfast.

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures show that health visitors are increasingly seeing children with delayed language.

New parents lose 657 hours of sleep per year

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Research published today by the charity Book Trust reveals that new parents lose 675 hours of sleep per year- the equivalent of almost four weeks of less sleep a year.

Scotland pushes outdoor activities in new guidelines

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Outdoor learning, exercise and play are highlighted in the Scottish government’s action plan for early learning and childcare.

The Big Picture - Get emotional

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A University of Salford dance student has co-created a theatre show aimed at helping children understand their emotions.

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Milk supplier Scotts has been suspended from claiming for free nursery milk after a number of discrepancies in its claims.

Women will have more choice over where to give birth

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Maternity services should be reformed to allow women to give birth outside hospitals, according to a group of leading health experts.

Risk to babies' health from too much salty food

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Monday, August 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Nearly three-quarters of babies have higher than recommended salt levels because they are fed a diet of salty processed foods such as gravy, baked beans and tinned spaghetti, a new study warns.

Children pick pasta and curry over chicken nuggets

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are showing a preference for international cuisine such as Italian and Indian, according to a new survey by children's cookery expert Annabel Karmel.

Children's soft drinks advertising makes 'false health claims'

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents are being misled by soft drinks marketing that falsely claims many drinks that are targeted at children contain fruit and are healthy when they are not, according to research.

Spotlight on…Maisie Collin

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Sunday, November 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Owner of Maisie Poppins Childcare in Hackney.

Childminders' fury over claim they feed children junk food

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Friday, December 9, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has reacted angrily to a Daily Mail article alleging that large numbers of childminders and nannies are feeding children food such as,‘sausage rolls, burgers, chips and Belgian waffles’, against parents' wishes.

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced it is providing up to 3m in funding to deliver a two-year programme to increase early intervention mental health support for children in the voluntary and community sector.

Baby growth charts can predict children's risk of obesity

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| Nursery World

Children who are overweight in their first two years of life are more likely to be obese at age five and older, suggests a new study.

Grandparents' over-indulgence is a risk to children's health

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Grandparents’ behaviour may inadvertently have a negative impact on the health of their grandchildren, according to a new study.??

Government wants to lure back former health visitors

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

| Nursery World

The Government is urging health visitors who have left their jobs to return to the profession, as part of plans for recruiting 4,200 health visitors that are to be unveiled in the autumn.

A quarter of children using food banks over summer are under five

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Families with young children are increasingly relying on emergency food supplies during the summer holidays, analysis by the Trussell Trust reveals.

Timing of consultation on free milk may limit feedback from nurseries

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The timing of the Government's review into nursery milk during the summer holidays could limit opportunities for early years settings and schools to consult on the scheme, says the School and Nursery Milk Alliance.

Children inhaling toxic air in the classroom and on school run

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Children in the UK are exposed to more than 60 per cent of their daily air pollution intake during the school day and their journeys to and from school, according to new research.

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New menu checking service to help schools meet new standards

Early diet may be linked to intelligence, says study

'Use only NHS services to test for allergies'

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

Sleep disorder link to behaviour problems in young children

Jamie Oliver slams Gove's food review

DfE to fund breakfast club provision in thousands of schools

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

New parents lose 657 hours of sleep per year

Scotland pushes outdoor activities in new guidelines

The Big Picture - Get emotional

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Women will have more choice over where to give birth

Risk to babies' health from too much salty food

Children pick pasta and curry over chicken nuggets

Children's soft drinks advertising makes 'false health claims'

Spotlight on…Maisie Collin

Childminders' fury over claim they feed children junk food

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

Baby growth charts can predict children's risk of obesity

Grandparents' over-indulgence is a risk to children's health

Government wants to lure back former health visitors

A quarter of children using food banks over summer are under five

Timing of consultation on free milk may limit feedback from nurseries

Children inhaling toxic air in the classroom and on school run

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