Experts emphasise a balanced, routine-based approach to children’s diet and habits over quick fixes, with practical advice on food choices, routines, and hydration to support immunity and cognitive development as classes resume. With classrooms about to fill again, the strongest…
A long-term US study indicates that drinking sugary beverages during childhood, including fizzy drinks and fruit juices, significantly raises the risk of developing high blood pressure in adulthood, with whole fruit and water offering healthier alternatives. A long-running US study…
As more American schools provide free meals to students, the proportion offering essential nutrition education declines, exposing a fragmented approach to fostering lifelong healthy eating habits amidst growing financial strains and policy shifts. As pupils return to class this autumn,…
Federal health officials reveal a common source of contamination connecting two separate infant-botulism outbreaks linked to powdered formula, raising urgent questions over supply chain oversight and safety measures in the US dairy industry. Federal health officials now say two separate…
Specialist NHS clinics for children with severe obesity report better health outcomes, but experts warn that rising school absence rates may be influencing the growing number of families seeking help, highlighting the complex links between education, health, and well-being. Specialist…
Malawi’s ambitious plan to expand its school meal programme by 2030 is at risk as a funding shortfall threatens to halt WFP-supported meals for hundreds of thousands of children by September 2026, amid broader food security challenges. Malawi’s plan to…
Despite a decline in global hunger levels, millions of African children continue to face severe food poverty, with affordability and policy gaps hindering progress in improving early childhood nutrition. As global hunger edged down again in 2025, Africa moved further…
Despite a modest decline in child deaths this year, Nampula province continues to face severe malnutrition affecting over 16,000 children, with entrenched socioeconomic factors hampering recovery efforts. Nampula’s health services say acute malnutrition killed 13 children in the first six…
Pakistan begins enforcing stricter food standards, including trans fat limits and school bans on unhealthy snacks, amid debates on affordability and effectiveness of policy measures to combat diet-related diseases. The argument over what Pakistanis eat is no longer confined to…
A new review suggests vitamin D supplementation may reduce insulin requirements in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, but current evidence does not support its use as a universal treatment to improve blood sugar control. A new review of…
Despite ongoing intervention campaigns, anaemia rates remain alarmingly high among children under three in Arequipa and Caylloma, with recent data indicating worsening trends and regional hotspots, prompting calls for sustained, multisectoral action. More than 5,300 children aged under three were…
Rising child malnutrition rates in Kandahar highlight a deepening health and food security emergency across Afghanistan, with aid disruptions intensifying risks for vulnerable children and mothers amid mounting economic and environmental pressures. The wards filling up in Kandahar are part…
