Child Development

Swansea University Research Reveals Choosing sugary drinks over fruit juice for toddlers can be linked to risk of adult obesity

Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new study by the School of […]

Child Development

Health and Physical Literacy newsletter launched to promote Physical Development in Early Childhood.

The Wales Academy for Health and Physical Literacy at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David has launched a newsletter that will support physical development in early childhood. The newsletter, published quarterly, will highlight how […]

Child Development

Addictive behaviour starts young – so give children experiences and not devices this Christmas, says Priory expert

As the Children’s Commissioner for England urges parents to buy children old-fashioned phones, a Priory psychotherapist warns that young people are spending an “obscene number of hours” on their smartphones, and says parents should “ditch […]

Child Development

4 EASY WAYS TO BOOST YOUR CHILD’S BONE HEALTH: AS RESEARCH SHOWS A WORRYING DECLINE IN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS.

It’s time to take bone health off the backburner and give our children the nutrients they need for healthy bones development. The past 12 months has seen a global pandemic take centre stage in the […]