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The health visitors' union Unite has called for the Government to ring-fence health visitor budgets to combat the drop in the number of health visitors.

A million children with serious medical conditions put at risk by schools

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Monday, October 23, 2017

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The lives of one million children with chronic medical conditions are being put in jeopardy because schools don’t know what to do in an emergency, warns a body of child health organisations.

London nurseries to trial air filtration systems

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Monday, December 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Nurseries in the most polluted parts of the capital will test new air filtration systems in audits designed to cut children's exposure to toxic air.

Children should take a break from screens every two hours, advise UK’s top doctors

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Thursday, February 7, 2019

| Nursery World

New guidance from the country’s four chief medical officers encourages parents and carers to agree boundaries around their children’s behaviour and time spent online.

TV watching toddlers pile on the pounds

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Monday, July 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Every hour of television a toddler watches a week increases their waistline and compromises their fitness, a new study has found.

Funding to boost vitamin D intake in pre-school children

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings can apply for a grant of up to 5,000 to fund projects that promote vitamin D and encourage children under the age of five to take supplements.

Flu vaccine will be offered to all children

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

| Nursery World

All children in the UK are to be offered the annual flu vaccine, to reduce the spread of the virus.

Government's nursery milk consultation extended

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Friday, September 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The Government has extended the deadline of its consultation on nursery milk by six weeks to 23 October, to give schools and nurseries more time to respond following the summer holidays.

Parents call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

More than half of parents believe that there should be a watershed for advertising unhealthy food and drink on television, a new survey suggests.

Government adverts warn of danger to children's health of second-hand smoke

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| Nursery World

A new TV and radio campaign highlighting the effects of second-hand smoke on children is to air this evening.

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

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Friday, August 18, 2017

| Nursery World

All babies born in Scotland will receive a Baby Box of essential items and a box that can be used as a safe place to sleep, in a move designed to tackle inequality and promote health.

Nursery tackles high pollution levels

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| Nursery World

A North London nursery in an area with high pollution levels has teamed up with an air purification company to clean up the air the children breathe in.

1 million children could have undetected vision problems, eye health body warns

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

| Nursery World

A new campaign to highlight the importance of routine sight tests for young children has been launched by the Optical Confederation.

Health visitors to come under local authority control in plans to reform public health

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Local authorities will take-over responsibility for commissioning health visitors and school nurses in their area, under new Government plans.

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies weaned on home-cooked vegetables are more likely to eat them as children, according to new research.

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).

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.

Pregnant women who eat peanut butter 'more likely' to have overweight children

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Pregnant women who eat more foods containing the polyunsaturated fats found in peanut butter and sunflower seeds increase their chances of having fatter children, according to research by the University of Southampton.

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.

Olympic badminton star Gail Emms helps to launch NDNA ‘Healthy Body, Happy Me’

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Olympic badminton star and campaigning mother Gail Emms is supporting the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Healthy Body, Happy Me campaign.

Government urged to reconsider screening for group B Strep in pregnancy

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A charity is calling for a re-think on routine screening of pregnant women for group B Strep, after a pilot programme reduced the life-threatening infection in newborn babies.

School boy wins Busy Bees training cook-off

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| Nursery World

A Birmingham secondary school pupil has won the Busy Bees Training Academy ‘Greens to Gourmet’ Culinary Challenge.

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Swine-flu vaccine link to narcolepsy in children

Many children living in poverty not eligible for free school meals

Thousands of early years providers using the nutritional guidelines

Health visitor numbers fall

A million children with serious medical conditions put at risk by schools

London nurseries to trial air filtration systems

Children should take a break from screens every two hours, advise UK’s top doctors

TV watching toddlers pile on the pounds

Funding to boost vitamin D intake in pre-school children

Flu vaccine will be offered to all children

Government's nursery milk consultation extended

Parents call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm

Government adverts warn of danger to children's health of second-hand smoke

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

Nursery tackles high pollution levels

1 million children could have undetected vision problems, eye health body warns

Health visitors to come under local authority control in plans to reform public health

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

Tens of thousands of children to lose free school meals

Take the BNF's healthy eating challenge

Pregnant women who eat peanut butter 'more likely' to have overweight children

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

Olympic badminton star Gail Emms helps to launch NDNA ‘Healthy Body, Happy Me’

Government urged to reconsider screening for group B Strep in pregnancy

School boy wins Busy Bees training cook-off

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