he percentage of children in Reception Year2 who are obese has decreased to 9.1 per cent in 2014-15, according to new figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) today.
Editorial. Over the last few years, and after a long period of relative neglect, the outcomes of babies born from 32 weeks’ gestation up to ‘term’ have received increasing attention from researchers, and several papers on this topic have been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. It is clear that being born moderately preterm is associated with a spectrum of disadvantage that affects various domains of development at 2 years,1 and cognitive, behavioural and emotional functions well into the school years. But how much is this because of preterm delivery itself, and how much is moderate prematurity merely a marker for other factors that are the real causes of suboptimal outcomes in childhood? To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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