Analysis of more than 45,000 UK Biobank participants suggests sugar intake during the first 1,000 days of life may be associated with adult anxiety and differences in brain development. Researchers at the University of Surrey say exposure to sugar in…
A $1.55 million Saudi partnership with the World Health Organization will support 35 therapeutic feeding centres as Yemen’s child malnutrition crisis reaches an unprecedented level. Saudi Arabia has announced a new $1.55 million partnership with the World Health Organization aimed…
Tesco is marking 1,000 schools joining its free fruit and vegetable programme with a giant Pick ’n’ Mix pop-up, as almost 20 million portions have been distributed since its launch. Tesco is marking a major expansion of its Free Fruit…
Hospital admissions for New Zealand children needing multiple teeth removed have risen sharply, prompting renewed calls for a levy on sugary products alongside preventive oral-health programmes. New Zealand’s dental association has renewed its call for a sugar tax, saying worsening…
A Finnish doctoral study suggests vitamin D supplementation during the first two years of life may be associated with fewer anxiety and low-mood symptoms and healthier neurocognitive development in later childhood. A Finnish doctoral dissertation suggests that vitamin D may…
A study suggests nutritional deficiencies are affecting nearly one in six children and teenagers taking GLP-1 medicines, while dietary support remains uncommon. A new study has raised concerns that children and teenagers taking GLP-1 medicines for weight loss or diabetes…
India’s food safety regulator has proposed removing sucrose and fructose from foods for babies up to six months, with the public invited to comment before the rules are finalised. India’s food safety regulator has published a draft amendment that would…
Vera Prokopieva says rising obesity, processed food and unequal access to healthy diets are reshaping the region, while weak data leave governments struggling to respond. Vera Prokopieva, a Bulgarian nutrition scientist who has studied food as an anthropologist, cook and…
Calls to strengthen Chile’s School Feeding Programme are shifting the debate beyond healthier menus towards universal, sustainable meals linked to local producers and long-term disease prevention. The case for better food policy is increasingly being made as a public-health imperative,…
Nearly one in five Filipino babies with a recorded birth weight was born below 2.5kg, as the rate climbed to 18.6 per cent in the latest national survey. The share of Filipino babies born underweight has risen to its highest…
A review warns that contaminated feed, weak supply-chain controls and conflicting safety limits may be allowing aflatoxin to pass into Bangladesh’s milk supply, with infants and young children facing particular concern. Aflatoxin contamination in Bangladesh’s dairy sector is not just…
Hard, painful stools matter more than frequency alone as babies start solids. Dietitians and health guidance point to fibre, fluids, movement and correctly prepared feeds to help prevent constipation. Constipation is a common worry for parents once babies begin solid…
