Blog: Child Health

Almost one in five children are overweight or obese when they start primary school, rising to one in three when they start secondary school. Childhood obesity is a health challenge that forms a major part of the Government's new prevention green paper, but how can real progress be made?

The UK has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth of all western countries impacting on health outcomes. A new report today by the Social Metrics Commission revealed that seven million people are living in persistent poverty.

Following the publication of a new report from Colief which highlighted the continuing poor uptake of vitamin D supplements, child nutrition expert Judy More spoke to British Journal of Family Medicine editor Rob Mair about the need to raise awareness of vitamin D deficiency, particularly over the winter months...