A national strategy is needed to improve the monitoring of child growth, because excessive weight gain in early life is an indicator of the risk of obesity in later life, specialists urged today at the launch of a new educational initiative on charting child growth and development.
Further Reading
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By Melanie Pilcher and Dr. Gillian Harris Establishing bedtime routines for toddlers and young children
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By Dr. Gillian Harris, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Birmingham and ITF member Most parents will struggle at some point to get their toddlers to eat certain foods. Is toddler food refusal a sign of an eating disorder. or is it merely a phase? In the run up to Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Gill Harris provides practical advice to help parents tackle fussy eating in toddlers.
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By Lucy Upton, on behalf of the Infant and Toddler Forum On behalf of the members of the Infant and Toddler Forum, I am proud to announce the launch of a new infant feeding educational programme, which includes practical resources for frontline healthcare professionals (HCPs) working with parents and infants.