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Study finds link between air pollution and childhood obesity

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

| Nursery World

New research suggests that children who are exposed to air pollution from vehicles during their first year have an increased risk of becoming obese.

Guide to: Childhood Obesity Strategy

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Following criticism of its obesity strategy, the Government added a second chapter earlier this year setting out new aims and commitments. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Millions of children in families too poor to afford a healthy diet

News

Thursday, September 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Close to 4 million children are in households that can’t afford enough fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods to meet Government nutritional guidelines.

Editor’s view - Getting a move on

Opinion

Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

With levels of childhood obesity in crisis, everyone must take swift action to tackle poor diets and lack of physical exercise

Severe obesity at its highest-ever rate in Year 6 children

News

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

| Nursery World

Levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point since records began.

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

News

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The expert panel who advised Ofsted on its obesity report, claim that the inspectorate has gone against its advice by saying that schools are not the ‘silver bullet’ to tackling childhood obesity.

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

News

Sunday, June 24, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has reformed its Childhood Obesity Plan to include tighter controls on junk food marketing.

Health & Well-Being: Obesity - Time for bed

Features

Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

With a recent study linking obesity to insufficient sleep, Meredith Jones Russell asks how practitioners and parents can ensure that children get enough rest day and night

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

News

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

News

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.

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

News

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.

Nearly half of primary children overweight in parts of the country

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

| Nursery World

A new map tracking the waistlines of primary school children shows in some local authority areas close to 50 per cent of children are overweight or obese.

Early years practitioners key in fight against childhood obesity

Opinion

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| Nursery World

One in five children start Reception overweight or obese and over 45,000 children are admitted to hospital every year with tooth decay - we all know the facts and figures but what can early years practitioners do about it?

Plans to stop takeaways opening near schools to cut childhood obesity

News

Friday, December 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The London Mayor Sadiq Khan has proposed a crackdown on new hot food takeaways near schools to tackle childhood obesity.

APPG calls for Child Obesity Strategy rethink

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has demanded the Government rethink the role of physical activity in its Child Obesity Strategy.

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Study finds link between air pollution and childhood obesity

Guide to: Childhood Obesity Strategy

Millions of children in families too poor to afford a healthy diet

Editor’s view - Getting a move on

Severe obesity at its highest-ever rate in Year 6 children

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

Health & Well-Being: Obesity - Time for bed

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

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

Walking a mile a day could fight child obesity

Nearly half of primary children overweight in parts of the country

Early years practitioners key in fight against childhood obesity

Plans to stop takeaways opening near schools to cut childhood obesity

APPG calls for Child Obesity Strategy rethink

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