(Photograph) - The Start Right Nursery in Grantham is the first nursery in Lincolnshire to receive the Heartbeat Award for healthy eating. Its officer in charge, Vivienne Ware, said, 'We are all very...
Children should spend at least one hour a day on most days of the week doing moderate physical activity, according to a report published last week by the Scottish Executive. Scotland's first ever...
Campaigners fought back last week over recommendations to withdraw milk subsidies for children following a report claiming that the health benefits of free school milk are 'small' and the scheme is...
Aim: To improve the health and well being of children under four in deprived areas, by pioneering new ways of delivering services. History: Emerged from the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review...
Further to the feature 'Cotton bottoms' (19 April), I would like to point out that it is quite legal to dispose of used disposable nappies via household waste. Used nappies do not emit methane gas or...
At around four months and definitely by six months, babies need to be gaining additional energy, vitamins and iron. Some babies take to solid food readily, mouths open like baby birds in a nest....
Almost one in 12 six-year-old children in the UK is obese and the problem is increasing, research published last week by the Health Development Agency has found. The HDA report, The management of...
Doctors have raised concerns over the cost and implementation of the new vaccine against pneumococcal disease, due to be introduced into the UK. In February, the Department of Health (DoH) said babies...
Two paediatricians have contacted the British Baby Products Association about the safety of Moses baskets after treating three babies who fell from them during a period of two months. Two of the...
Teenage mothers in Ireland wishing to remain in full-time education or train for a career should be given greater support, including a childcare allowance, policymakers in both north and south were...