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Researchers to study effect of indoor air pollution on children

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

| Nursery World

The adverse effects of indoor air pollution on children in the UK are to be investigated for the first time.

Call for junk food ads to be banned from on-demand services

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Health campaigners want junk food advertising restricted on TV, as well as on-demand services, to protect young children from obesity.

Call for children's eye tests to improve literacy

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Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

New guidance on improving children's communication, language and literacy before school, advises early years settings to make sure children receive eye tests.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government must make sure that young children at risk of obesity are identified early to make sure that they and their families can access the right support, a committee of MPs says today.

22,000 children severely obese at the end of primary school

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of children in the last year of primary school severely obese is almost double that of those in Reception, according to a new analysis by the Local Government Association.

London nurseries to receive air quality audits to combat pollution

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

| Nursery World

Twenty nurseries will be provided with air quality audits and indoor filters, as London mayor reveals dangerous levels of toxic air in the capital's schools.

Exposure to germs could prevent childhood leukaemia

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Exposing children to common harmless bugs, for example at nursery, could help prevent the most common type of childhood cancer.

Eating fish in pregnancy not linked to autism in children

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Scientists have looked at the assumption that eating fish in pregnancy is a major cause of autism in children and found no evidence for the claims.

Hospital offers early years education to young patients

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

| Nursery World

A charity has launched what it claims is the first hospital-based pre-school provision for patients in the country.

Almost a quarter of five-year-olds have tooth decay

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

New statistics show almost a quarter of five-year-olds in England, equivalent to 164,000 children, had decayed, missing or filled teeth in 2016-17.

Nursery well-being programme aims to prevent mental health problems

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

A well-being programme developed specially for pre-school children is expanding into nurseries across the country.

Rise in number of schools asking for mental health support for children

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Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

Children as young as three are being referred by nurseries and schools for professional support with their mental health, the NSPCC has learned.

London Mayor to ban junk food ads on public transport

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Friday, May 11, 2018

| Nursery World

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans to ban junk food advertising on tubes and buses to tackle the 'ticking timebomb' of child obesity.

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

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Friday, May 11, 2018

| Nursery World

An initiative in which school children walk or run a mile every day could be the answer to tackling obesity and sedentary behaviour globally, according to new research.

Government mental health plans ‘failing a generation’ of children

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has come under fire from both the education and health select committees of MPs, who say that its flawed plans risk leaving hundreds of thousands of children without the care they need.

Take the BNF's healthy eating challenge

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

| Nursery World

Registration is now open for the British Nutrition Foundation's sixth annual Healthy Eating Week, which includes tailored activities for nurseries and schools.

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

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Friday, April 27, 2018

| Nursery World

A first aid training body has warned that pre-school children in Scotland are being put at unneccessary risk because there is no requirement for childcare staff to hold a paediatric first aid certificate.

Survey looks at the impact of work on early years practitioners' mental health

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Monday, April 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare practitioners are invited to give their views on the impact working in the early years has had on their stress levels and mental well-being.

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Labour’s shadow health secretary has pledged to introduce an additional health check for babies, as part of the party's commitment to making Britain’s children the healthiest in the world.

Early years group calls for smacking ban

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years training organisation NEyTCO has launched a social media awareness campaign in support of banning smacking.

Call for young children's dental care to be prioritised

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents struggle to access free oral health care and are unaware of dental checks for one-year-olds, according to a new survey.

Tens of thousands of children to lose free school meals

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Around 160,000 children will fall out of eligibility for free school meals under the universal credit system, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Cross-party MPs call for the 30 hours to be extended to all pre-school children

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

| Nursery World

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood is calling for the 30 hours of funded childcare to be extended to all UK three- and four-year-old children to help those families most in need.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

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Researchers to study effect of indoor air pollution on children

Call for junk food ads to be banned from on-demand services

Call for children's eye tests to improve literacy

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

22,000 children severely obese at the end of primary school

London nurseries to receive air quality audits to combat pollution

Exposure to germs could prevent childhood leukaemia

Eating fish in pregnancy not linked to autism in children

Hospital offers early years education to young patients

Almost a quarter of five-year-olds have tooth decay

Nursery well-being programme aims to prevent mental health problems

Rise in number of schools asking for mental health support for children

London Mayor to ban junk food ads on public transport

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

Government mental health plans ‘failing a generation’ of children

Take the BNF's healthy eating challenge

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

Survey looks at the impact of work on early years practitioners' mental health

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

Early years group calls for smacking ban

Call for young children's dental care to be prioritised

Tens of thousands of children to lose free school meals

Cross-party MPs call for the 30 hours to be extended to all pre-school children

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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