On 16th July a report by the Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood published a report: 'Early Years Nutrition: Setting the Standards for Change'. This is a comprehensive report with many contributors from across the nutrition profession as well as academics and early years practitioners. The report was sponsored by Nursery Kitchen. The report outlines issues which exist around breastfeeding, food in early years settings, the baby and toddler food market, dental health and more. There are nine recommendations which are as follows:

1️⃣ Introduce a national nutrition strategy for preconception, pregnancy and postnatal periods, including professional training and expanded access to schemes like Healthy Start to reduce health inequalities for children and families
2️⃣ Introduction of mandatory nutrition composition standards for commercial baby and toddler food and drink products
3️⃣ Introduction of mandatory marketing and labelling standards for commercial baby and toddler food and drink products
4️⃣ Inclusion of baby and toddler commercial food and drink products in the placement, price and advertisement regulation restrictions
5️⃣ Targeted investment for the purposes of research
6️⃣ Improved access to training and resources for early years staff to support the implementation of the new EYFS nutrition guidance
7️⃣ Introduction of a consistent and practical system for monitoring and assessing adherence to the nutrition standards in early years settings
8️⃣ Extension of free school meals (FSM) to early years settings
9️⃣ Make oral health training mandatory for all early years educators and healthcare professionals, combined with national roll out of supervised tooth-brushing schemes in early years settings and primary schools 

The full report can be found here - https://nurserykitchen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Early-Years-Nutrition_Setting-The-Standards-For-Change.pdf