News Archive
Healthy eating in schools
Tuesday 14. of March 2006By: Ofsted
This report is Ofsted's response to increasing public concern about the quality of children's diets and rapidly increasing rates of child obesity. It assesses how schools have responded to guidance on school meals and healthier...
Food advertising and promotion to children
Sunday 05. of March 2006By: Department of Health
The Choosing Health consultation sent a clear message that people feel it is wrong for children to be bombarded with sophisticated marketing that might confuse them and reduce their ability to make healthy choices about the food...
Ritalin heart attacks warning urged after 51 deaths in US
Saturday 11. of February 2006By: The Guardian - Sarah Boseley
Ritalin, extensively prescribed to calm hyperactive children in the UK, should carry the highest-level warning that it may increase the risk of death from heart attacks, US experts recommended yesterday.
Conference in Edinburgh on the Value of Artistic Learning for Children who have been
Wednesday 12. of April 2006By: Alistair Pugh
On March 9th 2006 an international conference was held at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The conference was convened to raise awareness of the value of artistic learning to young people who have been victims of trauma. Among a host of...
Cradle of civilisation
Saturday 24. of July 2004By: The Guardian - Sue Gerhardt
While wandering around the Radcliffe science library over the last few years, in search of the latest research on babies and how their brains develop, I had only one ambition: to translate esoteric, jargon-ridden papers into...
Children are less able than they used to be
Tuesday 24. of January 2006By: The Guardian
It has become an annual rite of summer. Out come the Sats/GCSE/A -level results - take your pick - and up pops a government minister to say that grades are higher than ever, teachers and schools have done a fantastic job, but...
Combining food additives may be harmful, say researchers
Wednesday 21. of December 2005By: The Guardian - Felicity Lawrence
New research on common food additives, including the controversial sweetener aspartame and food colourings, suggests they may interact to interfere with the development of the nervous system.