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Child Nutrition

Teaching Your Kids to Cook Could Be the Best Parenting Decision You Make

Rory Natkiel | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Research, Kids, Cooking, Parenting, Child Nutrition, Advice, Parenting Advice, Cooking With Kids, Parents, Childhood Obesity, UK Lifestyle News
Rory Natkiel

Crawling, walking, catching, running, riding a bike and learning to swim - all essential activities to learn for a child. But cooking? It might not sound like a core skill but an increasing amount of evidence points to the fact that learning to cook has numerous benefits for children.

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A Child's First 1000 Days: Crucial to Development

Ivan Lewis MP | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Tessa Jowell, Children, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Climate Change, Unicef, Development, Child Nutrition, Sarah Brown, UK Impact, UK Politics News
Ivan Lewis MP

Addressing stunting can break the cycle of poverty and have significant social and economic impacts on the development of nations. However, at the moment the scale of stunting means that more than one quarter of the world's children cannot reach their full potential.

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Feed Your Child to Better Results

Dr Sarah Schenker | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Child Brain Development, Child Nutrition, Omega-3-Fatty-Acids, Maternal and Child Health, Dha, Omega 3, Childcare, School, UK Lifestyle News
Dr Sarah Schenker

There is a widespread belief among experts that nutrition and diet influences cognitive function in a number of ways; nutrients such as certain types of fats and vitamins have a positive effect as do eating habits such as starting the day with a healthy breakfast, whilst excessive amounts of sugar can cause problems.

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The Importance of Mobile Services for Women Entrepreneurs

Ken Banks | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: UK Impact, Mobile Tech, Women Earning, Africa, Women Entrepreneurs, UK Tech, Startups, UK Women, UK-Inspiration, Child Nutrition, UK Tech News
Ken Banks

Women in the developing world are 21% less likely than men to own a mobile, leaving an estimated 300 million excluded from the social and economic opportunities that owning one might bring. Closing this "mobile gender gap" doesn't just make sense for women - it's also an opportunity believed to be worth a staggering $13 billion to network operators annually.

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Investing for the Future With Home Grown School Feeding

Professor Sir Gordon Conway | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Children, Health, Economic Development, Ghana, Sustainable Agriculture, Future, Schools, Child Nutrition, Development, John Kufuor, UK Impact, UK Politics, UK Universities & Education News
Professor Sir Gordon Conway

Child undernutrition is a critical barrier to economic development: impaired cognitive function leads to reduced educational performance and lower economic productivity.

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