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Home Learning - A parent’s guide to…healthy eating

Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Getting a child to eat and drink a nutritionally balanced diet can be difficult. Penny Tassoni provides some useful tips

Early bedtime in young childhood 'cuts obesity risk'

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers have linked a much lower incidence of obesity in teenagers who were tucked in by 8pm during their early years.

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

Multiple births research centre opens

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

| Nursery World

An innovative new centre aimed at improving the support available to families of twins, triplets and more has launched in Birmingham.

More Scottish families to benefit from 'holiday hunger clubs'

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A programme in which schools provide food and support to families in need during the summer holidays has been expanded, following a pilot of the scheme.

Families missing out on health visitor checks

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| Nursery World

A survey of health visitors suggests that more than a quarter of families do not receive health visitor reviews, and highlights a large rise in health visitor caseloads.

Missing data on disabled children raises concern that services cannot cope

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| Nursery World

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of school children living with complex needs, but information on them is scarce.

Bring back 'Nitty Nora', say parents tackling childhood 'nasties'

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents would welcome the return of the ‘nit nurse’, according to a new survey.

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

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Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

Three-year wait for autism diagnosis 'pushing families to the brink'

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Children are waiting more than three and half years for an autism diagnosis, pushing families to breaking point, warns a national charity.

Study reveals link between breastfeeding and high IQ

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Researchers in Brazil have found that breastfeeding children for up to a year can lead to higher IQs and better life prospects, in one of the biggest studies of its kind to date.

4Children sets out plans for 'game-changing' children and family hubs

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| Nursery World

4Children is calling for the transformation of Sure Start children’s centres into extended ‘Children and Family Hubs'.

Poor joint working hampers support to children and families

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Families with young children are caught up in a complex and unco-ordinated health and education system, according to a new report into early intervention.