A new campaign has been launched to urge supermarkets to remove unhealthy snacks from checkouts and queuing areas.
Participating in physical activity and sport is enormously beneficial for children. As well as developing health and fitness, it also builds confidence, self-esteem and independence. It allows...
The possibility of a child drowning in a hotel swimming pool is unlikely to occur to most parents and carers as they leaf through holiday brochures featuring sunny Mediterranean resorts. But holiday...
Best practice for avoiding infections and ill health at nursery is explained by doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital Nurseries provide the perfect breeding ground for a whole host of germs because...
With our over-fed, under-nourished children and food-illiterate adults, where did it all go so wrong? asks Mary Whiting.
The processed foods that are being marketed for children are often only made possible by the addition of substances that disguise their lack of nutritional value. Mary Whiting investigates Many people...
Disadvantaged parents across Scotland are to receive 10m of funding to help them with their childcare costs so they can access training and employment. The Scottish Executive said it hoped the...
A team of experts who will develop national standards for child protection to be applied across all agencies and encourage better joined-up working has been appointed by the Scottish Executive. The...
Achildren's centre for every community in England was the vision unveiled by Government ministers last week as they named the first 32 centres intended to deliver joined-up services to children and...
In sickness and in health, is a nanny like any other employee? Sue Hubberstey looks at your rights and responsibilities We all experience mornings when we wake up feeling jaded and under the weather....