A third of British children are either overweight or obese when they leave primary school, according to the NHS – and the figure is rising year on year. But how do they know this? Our children’s schools haven’t been visited by a civil servant with a tape measure and a set of scales, so how [...]
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Why is it that our earliest experiences leave such a lasting mark? Professor Robert Winston discovers why babies need loving carers Early loving care is by no means the norm in the animal kingdom. All animals produce young, but few animal parents dedicate years to caring for their young. An ancient reptile such as the [...]
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For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, mother, journalist and former eating disorders sufferer Liz Fraser writes poignantly about her experience, and suggests how we can help to reduce the risks for our children I am 38 years old, I’m a mother of three children, I am happy and healthy, and, unlike many mothers I know, I love my body. [...]
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Jamie Oliver started it, and the Children’s Food Trust carried on his work to improve nutritional standards in schools. But the trust is set to lose its government funding – and it could be your children’s health that suffers, says Michael Donlevy Whatever you think of him, Jamie Oliver’s famous campaign against Turkey Twizzlers brought [...]
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Melanie Goose finds out why so many women are waiting until their forties to have children, and wonders whether we should have routine fertility checks in our early thirties… When my mum had me at 27 her hospital notes described her as a ‘geriatric mother’. Crazy, isn’t it? By those standards I must have been [...]
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Food labels don’t lie, but they can mislead you into thinking a product is healthy when it’s full of junk. And food manufacturers will happily trick you into making unhealthy choices for your children, says Michael Donlevy. But they can’t do that if you’re armed with the facts… Giving your children the best start in [...]
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It’s not always easy to sit down and eat together, but this is one family ritual Melanie Goose feels we should be prioritising According to recent research, 16% of people say their family is too tired to have a proper conversation at dinner, while 11% say family meals descend into arguments and 41% have the [...]
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