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Vegetables first: How to get children loving veggies

Thursday, June 9, 2016

| Nursery World

Weaning with vegetables before fruit gives babies the best chance of enjoying the green stuff as they grow up, researchers have found.

Good heart health begins in infancy

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Rapid weight gain in a child’s early years could increase their heart attack and stroke risk as adults, a study has found.

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

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Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The quality of food that children eat in their early years settings could suffer as an unintended consequence of introducing the 30-hour childcare entitlement, findings from a joint survey carried out by Nursery World and the Children’s Food Trust suggest.

Annabel Karmel re-designs nursery menus

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Friday, January 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Nutrition expert Annabel Karmel has been recruited by Fennies Day Nurseries to create new nursery menus.

Pressure mounts on Cameron over fizzy drinks tax

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Friday, January 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Speculation is growing that the child obesity strategy will include a tax on sugary soft drinks as health campaigners pile pressure on David Cameron.

Swapping sugar for starch may combat obesity

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Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that replacing sugar in the diets of obese children with starchy foods like crisps and pizza dramatically improves their health.

Health experts call for sugar tax to reduce childhood obesity

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Monday, October 26, 2015

| Nursery World

A coalition of health professionals, academics, nutritionists and campaigners are calling for a tax on sugar to protect the health of children in the UK.

Expert food advice for settings in new scheme

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

A new pilot project will see accredited nutritionists work with early years providers to help them develop and maintain a culture of healthy eating and nutrition in their settings.

Tell us what you think about nursery food

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery World and the Children's Food Trust have joined forces to launch a nationwide survey of provision of food in early years settings

The big picture: Healthy habits

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Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Stationhouse Nursery in Portishead and its sister nursery Lakehouse are among some of the first nurseries in the South West to receive a Children's Food Trust Award.

Healthy food at Toad Hall nurseries gains recognition

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

| Nursery World

The South-East based nursery group has become the first childcare provider in the country to receive a Children’s Food Trust seal of approval for its menu.

Parents urged to cut fizzy drinks

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents are being urged to cut sugar out of children’s diets, following a major Government review.

Ofsted should inspect nursery food, says All Party group

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted should regularly inspect food and nutrition in early years settings, a parliamentary group has said.

Research highlights severity of childhood obesity in Europe

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Friday, May 8, 2015

| Nursery World

Ireland and the UK have the highest rates of childhood obesity in Europe, according to a new data analysis.

Charity calls for ban on junk food ads before 9pm

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Monday, January 26, 2015

| Nursery World

The British Heart Foundation is calling for the Government to bring in a ban on advertising unhealthy food during family shows on television.

Labour to restrict fat, sugar and salt in foods marketed at children

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| Nursery World

Maximum limits would be imposed on the levels of fat, salt and sugar in food marketed to children, if Labour wins the election, as part of a new approach to public health.

New food rules for schools

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| Nursery World

A revised set of mandatory food standards for all maintained schools and new academies and free schools came into force this week.

Universal free school meals for Primary 1 to 3 pupils in Scotland

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Monday, January 5, 2015

| Nursery World

As of today, every P1 to P3 pupil (aged four to eight) will receive a free school dinner under the Scottish Government’s expanded free school meals policy.

Call for children to be given vitamin D as cases of rickets triple

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Experts are urging parents to give their children daily doses of Vitamin D, as research shows a lack of awareness of its benefits.

Call for cabinet post to tackle child obesity

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A cabinet minister for children should be appointed to oversee policy and strategy for child health and fitness across all departments, a cross-party group of MPS and peers has said.