Ruffley claims the increase is out of step with the rest of the region."Either the county council is making a particular effort in this area orthe situation in Suffolk is worse than in neighbouring counties," hetells the Star.
So the picture could be either good or bad. A profound analysis thatproves statistics don't tell the whole story. Just ask the folk at yournearest Sure Start about the national evaluation of the scheme.
- The Times has finally cottoned on to the row about child growthcharts, which has rumbled on in the pages of Children Now for at leasttwo years.
The fear is that thousands of women are inadvertently overfeeding theirbabies because the charts currently used are out of date and weightedtowards bottle-fed babies. This could be a contributing factor tosoaring child obesity rates.
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