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Health chief urges government action on child obesity

Monday, May 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must clamp down on the food advertising industry if it is to tackle the growing issue of child obesity, the head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Research Report: Opportunities for Food and Drink Purchasing and Consumption by Teenagers

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers examine the choices young people make when buying and eating food on the way to and from school. Authors Gill Cowburn, Anne Matthews, Aiden Doherty, Alex Hamilton, Paul Kelly, Julianne Williams, Charlie Foster and Michael Nelson, University of Oxford and University of Edinburgh, Public Health Nutrition Research

How children challenge body image issues

Best Practice

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Project reduces negative body image issues among primary schoolchildren and increases their self-esteem.

Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development

Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Study aims to reveal the extent, and combinations, of multiple risk factors faced by young children in the UK.

Hackney scheme shows benefits of street play

News

Monday, March 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils across the UK are being urged to invest in street play initiatives following positive results from a London based scheme.

Call for government to offer better lifestyle advice to tackle childhood obesity

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Creating a ministerial taskforce for early life nutrition and producing guidance on how much screen time young people should have are measures government should introduce to tackle childhood obesity, a cross-party group of politicians has said.

MPs call for compulsory sex education for primary school pupils

News

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Age-appropriate personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, which includes sex and relationships education (SRE) should be introduced as statutory subjects in all state primary and secondary schools, MPs have said.

Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds

News

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC and Anna Freud Centre has found.

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

News

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A loophole that enables up to 4,000 academies to avoid complying with new school food nutrition standards should be closed, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

Review: Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders?

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

By Bryan Lask and Lucy Watson, illustrated by Fiona Fieldy Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 978-1-84905-421-8 £8.99 56 pages

Good Idea: Play sessions help children to brush up on oral health

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

A project is going into nurseries and schools to teach young children about the importance of looking after their teeth by using puppets and games to make it fun.

Lib Dems Conference: Drug crime to be treated as health issue

News

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people caught in possession of drugs will be either referred for treatment or given education on the dangers, under a new policy adopted by the Liberal Democrats.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

News

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

Daily roundup: Transport, health risk and NHS services

Other

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Travel discount card plan for young people unveiled; doctors warn of e-cigarette health risks to children; and consultation launched on future of child heart services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School travel, cancer treatment, and charity merger

Other

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Rise in children driven to school; parents reunited with terminally ill son; and homeless charities merge, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Other

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.

Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge

News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils are having to divert money from school maintenance budgets to meet a £26m shortfall in the government's free school meal pledge, according to latest research.

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister considers new parental rights for grandparents caring for children; new research suggests link between mothers' confidence during pregnancy and GCSE success; and the government announces plans to place age restrictions on music videos, all in the news today.

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

News

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of families living in hostels and women's refuges is at its highest level for six years, according to latest government figures.

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

News

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Low wages, benefits cuts and the rising cost of raising children are leaving full-time working families struggling to afford a basic standard of living, a report by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

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Health chief urges government action on child obesity

Research Report: Opportunities for Food and Drink Purchasing and Consumption by Teenagers

How children challenge body image issues

Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development

Hackney scheme shows benefits of street play

Call for government to offer better lifestyle advice to tackle childhood obesity

MPs call for compulsory sex education for primary school pupils

Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds

LGA calls for new food standards to apply to all academies

Review: Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders?

Good Idea: Play sessions help children to brush up on oral health

Lib Dems Conference: Drug crime to be treated as health issue

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Daily roundup: Transport, health risk and NHS services

Daily roundup: School travel, cancer treatment, and charity merger

Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'

Councils face £26m shortfall in free school meals pledge

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

Numbers of families in hostels on the rise

Working families 'don't earn enough to live on'

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