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Music therapy can comfort premature babies

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Playing live music to a premature baby can slow their heartbeat and help the child breathe more easily, a study has found.

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or cognitive development, according to new research by University College London.

Measles cases in Wales hit record high

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents in Wales are being urged to act quickly to vaccinate their children against measles as the number of cases hits 765.

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

More funding is required for free school meals and breakfast clubs to help tackle high levels of child food poverty, recommends a report by the London Assembly.

Dairies call on Government to cap nursery milk claims

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Nearly 100 milk suppliers have written an open letter to health and agriculture ministers urging them to choose the most 'sensible' option outlined in the nursery milk review - to cap the price that can be claimed for milk.

Family Nurse Partnership to be extended

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The Family Nurse Partnership is to be extended to provide support to 16,000 of the most disadvantaged new mothers and fathers in England by 2015.

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.

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Last June, the Government launched a review into the Nursery Milk Scheme to try to cut the rising costs of the initiative.

Researchers "sneak" nutrients into children's snacks

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's snacks made from fruit powders could be a new way of including nutrients in a child's diet, say scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Breakfast clubs vital for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Almost half of education staff believe that without a breakfast club pupils who use them wouldn't have any food before lessons, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

Older fathers are 'more likely to have grandchildren with autism'

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Researchers from King's College London, who led the study, found that children's risk of autism increases the older their grandfather was at the time his son or daughter was born.

Early years resources focus on healthy eating for toddlers

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Infant and Toddler forum is going back to basics with healthy eating resources in response to the rise in childhood obesity.

Baby food blamed for children eating too many calories

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Government research reveals that children are consuming too many calories and more salt than is recommended, with the biggest contributors being infant formula and commercial baby foods.

Thousands of early years providers using the nutritional guidelines

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Monday, March 11, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 11,000 copies of the first-ever nutritional guidelines for early years settings have been downloaded since their launch last year.

Many children living in poverty not eligible for free school meals

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Huge numbers of children living below the poverty line do not qualify for free school meals according to research by The Children's Society.

Swine-flu vaccine link to narcolepsy in children

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Scientists have found a link between the Pandemrix swine-flu vaccination and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy.

Concerns raised by professionals over children's nutrition

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| Nursery World

More than four out of ten professionals who work with children have given food to a child in the last two years because they were worried they were not getting enough to eat, finds a new survey.

Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The lives of 830,000 babies a year could be saved if new mothers around the world breastfed straight after giving birth, according to Save the Children.

Medical professionals call for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks to halt obesity

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' (AoMRC) Obesity Steering Group, made up of surgeons, paediatricians and GPs, sets out ten recommendations for healthcare professionals, local and national government, industry and schools to tackle the nation's obesity crisis.

Taking folic acid during pregnancy could reduce the risk of autism

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Pregnant women could reduce their child's risk of autism by 40 per cent with the consumption of folic acid supplements according to recent research.

Interview - Rob Rees, chairman of the Children's Food Trust

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The Children's Food Trust is a national charity that provides specialist advice, training and support to anyone who provides food for children.

Health experts call on political parties to address diet-related disease in children

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a food manifesto for the under-fives to address the challenge of childhood obesity and malnutrition.

Outstanding nursery under investigation after child accident

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Monday, February 4, 2013

| Nursery World

A Kids 1st Nursery is being investigated by Ofsted, following an incident at the setting where a nine-month-old girl lost the tip of her finger after it was trapped under a door.

Concerns raised over school meals as Children's Food Trust loses funding

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| Nursery World

Fears have been raised that school food standards will slide as the Children's Food Trust, which monitors the quality of meals in schools, sees its Government funding come to an end next month.

Meningitis B vaccine wins European approval

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

The first-ever vaccine to protect children from two months old against meningitis B has been approved for use in Europe, including the UK.

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Music therapy can comfort premature babies

Light drinking during in pregnancy 'not harmful'

Measles cases in Wales hit record high

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

Dairies call on Government to cap nursery milk claims

Family Nurse Partnership to be extended

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

Researchers "sneak" nutrients into children's snacks

Breakfast clubs vital for disadvantaged children

Older fathers are 'more likely to have grandchildren with autism'

Early years resources focus on healthy eating for toddlers

Baby food blamed for children eating too many calories

Thousands of early years providers using the nutritional guidelines

Many children living in poverty not eligible for free school meals

Swine-flu vaccine link to narcolepsy in children

Concerns raised by professionals over children's nutrition

Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

Medical professionals call for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks to halt obesity

Taking folic acid during pregnancy could reduce the risk of autism

Interview - Rob Rees, chairman of the Children's Food Trust

Health experts call on political parties to address diet-related disease in children

Outstanding nursery under investigation after child accident

Concerns raised over school meals as Children's Food Trust loses funding

Meningitis B vaccine wins European approval

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