Medical Xpress | Pediatrics | December 10, 2015 Stirling’s Institute of Social Marketing was commissioned to investigate the impact of food and drink marketing on Scotland’s young people. In a study of...
Read MoreBBC News | Education | 14 December 2015 Moves to make it easier to take over council children’s services failing vulnerable youngsters in England have been announced by the prime minister. Departments judged inadequate by...
Read MoreRadio New Zealand News | Kate Gudsell | 11 December 2015 The government is being accused of being beholden to the junk food industry and the opposition says the country’s poorest children are paying the cost. An...
Read MoreDepartment for Education | Effective Pre-School, Primary & Secondary Education Project (EPPSE) | October 2015 Executive Summary | This report studies the AS and A-level examination outcomes of a large sample of young...
Read MoreMedical Xpress | December 10, 2015 A new study has questioned why poorer children are at higher risk of obesity compared to their better-off peers. The findings are published today in The European Journal of Public...
Read MoreCMO | The Health of the 51%: Women | First published (online only) December 2015 Chief Medical Officer’s introduction Report Outline: Gender-based violence against women health in the reproductive years health in...
Read MoreBBC News | Health | 11 December 2015 Obesity is the biggest threat to women’s health and the health of future generations, warns England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. In her annual report, she said...
Read MoreThe atlantic | FRANK PASQUALE | DEC 4, 2015 Abstract: Can anyone be gently pushed toward a more secure retirement? Or a healthier diet? That’s the hope of a growing number of policymakers, economists, and psychologists. They aim...
Read MoreBBC News | Judith Burns | Education and family | 8 November 2015 Housing benefit changes leave some children hungry and stressed at school and need a rethink, says a small study. Since 2013, households deemed to have...
Read MoreMaternal obesity Approximately half of all women of childbearing age in England are either overweight or obese. Maternal obesity (defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more at the first antenatal consultation) can...
Read MoreA new research brief has been published exploring children’s sedentary behaviour, health and the family environment.
Read Morelocalgov.co.uk | Mark Whitehead | 1 December 2015 Parents are worried their children may soon have nowhere to play and want the government to provide more funding for facilities, according to a survey. The Association of Play...
Read MoreBBC News | Education | Judith Burns | 7 December Young people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study. Schools could help by opening...
Read MoreBarnardo’s | 4 December 2015 Thousands of children are being denied visiting rights to see their fathers in jail because of changes to the prison discipline system, according to this report. It says 17,000 children a month...
Read MoreDepartment of Education | 7 December 2015 The DfE is consulting on draft departmental advice about how schools should respond to requests regarding wraparound and holiday childcare. Wraparound childcare is childcare that schools...
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