Paediatric news archive

2025
- New study reveals insight into types of under-18s attending NHS excess weight clinics 
- World Breast Feeding Trends Initiative UK 2024 report launched 
- Younger children should not be given drinks containing artificial sweeteners 
- Request for participants for research project on formula in food banks 
- Winners announced for the Sustain 2025 Children’s Food Awards! 
- Poor alignment of UK commercial baby food products with WHO model 
- Children should be enrolled for free school meals automatically, say MPs 
- RCM welcomes government funding boost for infant feeding and perinatal mental health support 
- New research: babies react more favourably to the smell of food their mothers eat in late pregnancy 
- Broken Plate 2025: concerns in child consumption of healthy versus unhealthy food groups 
- Positive and negative Children’s Food Awards finalists announced 
- New study finds child eating disorder admissions to acute wards soared from 2012 to 2022 
- Call for experts to submit views on Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 
- US study pinpoints pivotal period for improving child cardiovascular health 
2024
- New review on MDT experiences and perceptions of blended diet 
- Nutrition management in children with severe neurological impairment: latest narrative review 
- Caregiver response is key to child emotional overeating finds new study 
- Caregiver response is key to emotional overeating in children 
- Three factors link to differences in children and parents with type 1 diabetes 
- Limited compliance with school food standards found in secondary schools 
- Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education finds BMJ investigation 
- Government confirms details of junk food advert ban as part of plans to curb child obesity 
2023
- Breastfeeding sick children in hospital: Exploring the experiences of mothers in UK paediatric wards 
2022
