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Impact of maternal diet

12 January 2012
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the earliest origins of health throughout the lifecourse are found in the period between pre-conception until around the age of two – the first 1,000 days of life.  Healthy diets immediately before and...
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Investing in health

02 December 2011
New initiatives in four European countries are to be funded by the Kraft Foods Foundation, partnering with local organisations with Save the Children Italy, the French Red Cross, Klasse2000 in Germany and the Alicia Foundation in Spain. In France, the Foundation...
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Big babies, big kids?

11 November 2011
A study from the Harvard took the weight and length of over 44,000 US children every six months from the age of one month to 24 months, then measuring them again at the ages of five and 10 years. Standard percentile groups were used, dividing the children into...
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Partnerships for prevention

29 September 2011
A collaboration announced last week at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Plan International (a leading global childrens’ charity), and AstraZeneca, will develop health literacy, health...
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Estimating the health risk of obesity

23 August 2011
Recent research has highlighted the complicated nature of measuring the true level of risk posed by obesity and overweight.  Traditional calculations used to assess the peril of weight gain have concentrated on concerns about the amount of weight an individual...
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Building a healthy foundation in school

22 August 2011
Seven years ago, the Boston, Massachusetts, school system banned the sale of sugary drinks, including both soda and sports drinks, at state-funded schools in an effort to ‘make the healthy choice the easy choice’. Although there was some disagreement...
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Maternal and child health in the news

03 August 2011
Recently published research has found correlations between premature or underweight babies and job opportunities in later life.  The research, which was jointly funded by the MRC and the British Heart Foundation and led by researchers at University College...
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Infant/toddler exercise

13 July 2011
As C3 has reported recently (click here >>), the US Institute of Medicine has recommended that parents become more aware of rising levels of childhood obesity and assume responsibility for ensuring their children avoid becoming over weight. Responding to...
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UK: Childhood Obesity Week

08 July 2011
This is National Childhood Obesity Week in the United Kingdom, and a study released on 4 July highlights both that young people take far less physical activity than the government recommends and also that parents typically overestimate the amount of daily exercise...
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Curbing childhood obesity

24 June 2011
In a recently released report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) urges parents, doctors and carers to educate themselves about childhood weight issues and take responsibility for reducing rising levels of childhood obesity. In doing so, the IOM acknowledges the...
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