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Terence Blacker: Demonised - and sentimentalised - Terence Blacker, Commentators - The Independent 18th November 2008
With slightly unfortunate timing, that great annual carnival of caring and tears, Children in Need night, has been followed in short order by a survey revealing that the British have distinctly ambivalent feelings towards children.
Commissioned by the Barnardo's charity, the opinion poll recorded that almost half of those questioned believed the nation's children were an increasing threat to each other and to adults while, even more bizarrely, 43 per cent felt that grown-ups needed more protection from the young. The amount of crime ascribed to children was four times higher than the true figure.
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Are your children fussy eaters? Try Annabel Karmel's world recipes - Daily Mail 17th November 2008
One of Britain's leading experts on children's food is launching a new range of recipes for children, inspired by cuisines from around the world.
From Indian Chicken Tikka Masala to Chinese-inspired Chicken & Vegetable Noodles, Annabel Karmel's tested her dishes on a host of youngsters.
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Pupils targeted in superbug fight - BBC Health News 17th November 2008
Schools are being urged to teach pupils about infection control as experts step up the fight against superbugs.
The Health Protection Agency's e-Bug teaching resource uses interactive games and lesson handouts to explain the need for prudent antibiotic use.
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: The state panders to parents, but not all families are safe - The Independent 17th November 2008
The only people in the country who can still be lawfully hit are children
Startling and telling was Gordon Brown's response to the tragic death of the blue-eyed, beautiful Baby P: "I'm determined to do everything in my power to make sure that this does not happen again ... Every family needs to know their children are safe at night."
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As obesity soars, is it ever OK for your child to be fat? - Daily Mail 15th November 2008
Britain is in the grip of a childhood obesity epidemic affecting a quarter of four- to five-year-olds and almost a third of ten-year-olds.
Many experts believe this problem relates to lazy children being fed junk food and watching hours of television but more and more parents are becoming concerned if their youngsters gain a few pounds.
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Middle-class families most likely to have obese children, says Government study - Daily Mail 17th November 2008
Middle-class families are the most likely to have obese children, according to Whitehall officials.
Affluent families tend to know all about healthy eating and the importance of exercise - but are in 'denial' about changes they need to make themselves, a Government-commissioned study has found.
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Call to ‘get a grip’ on booze problems - Carlisle News & Star 12th November 2008
FIGURES showing a fall in the number of children admitted to hospitals in Cumbria for booze problems does not mean the battle is being won, the director of public health has warned.
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Health talk spurs children - Lancashire Telegraph 12th November 2008
A HEALTH craze has captured the imagination of youngsters at a Rossendale school.
Pupils at St James CE Primary School, Haslingden, teamed up with children’s charity MedEquip4Kids, who are running an education programme across the north of England called Get Active with Pip.
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Study finds new link between childhood obesity and heart disease - The Guardian 12th November 2008
Research shows that neck arteries of obese children were similar to those of a 45-year-old
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'Try something new today' ... blundering Sainsbury's gives booklet on sex positions to eight-year-olds - Daily Mail 13th November 2008
They probably expected a goody bag of some sorts as a going home gift after the primary school trip to Sainsbury's.
But what the 42 children - not to mention their parents and teachers - did not expect was to be given a book with explicit illustrations of sexual positions.
And the advice under the dozen drawings, which feature in a section about saving water by 'bathing with a friend', reads: 'Save water. Have fun. Just get out before everything becomes wrinkled.'
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Government to ban six food additives linked to child hyperactivity - Daily Mail 13th November 2008
Ministers have backed a ban on six food additives linked to hyperactivity in children.
The decision follows a call from the Food Standards Agency earlier this year for the food industry voluntarily to remove the chemicals.
The news is a major breakthrough for the Daily Mail's 'Ban the Additives' campaign.
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Uzbek children in 'Aids outbreak' - BBC Health News 11th November 2008
More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan, officials have said.
Health authorities told the BBC that an investigation into the infections of the mainly new-born babies was taking place in the eastern town of Namangan.
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Why children have a say over care - BBC Health News 11th November 2008
She may only be 13, but terminally-ill Hannah Jones still has the right to have a say over her treatment.
The Herefordshire teenager turned down a potentially life-saving heart transplant after deciding she had had enough of medical help after spending the previous eight years in-and-out of hospital battling leukaemia and heart problems.
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Many parents 'in obesity denial' - BBC Health News 11th November 2008
Just one in nine parents of obese or overweight children believe their child has a weight problem, a poll suggests.
Commenting on the government survey of nearly 1,200 parents, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said it showed many parents were in denial.
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Hospitals treat drunks aged 10 - The Sunday Times November 9th 2008
Every three days a child under 10 is treated in hospital for the effects of alcohol, new government figures show.
According to the data, 648 children under 10 have been treated in accident and emergency wards for alcohol-related illness in the past five years. They were among 24,000 under16s who drank so much that they needed hospital help.
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Not sex lessons for our five-year olds - Carlisle News & Star 7th November 2008
I WONDER if Mr Greaves (letters, November 5) has actually read anything about the proposed changes to sex education?
As a mother of three children under the age of 10, I felt it would be beneficial to look a little further into the proposal and I have several points to raise.
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Babies who play with toys in unusual ways 'more likely to develop autism' - Daily Mail 7th November 2008
Children diagnosed with autism played with toys in unusual ways as babies, spinning or rotating them more than usual, researchers have found.
It is hoped the findings will lead doctors to be able to spot which babies will be prone to developing the condition.
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EU plans tougher toy safety rules - BBC Health News 6th November 2008
New measures to tighten toy safety standards have been backed in the European Parliament, making their early passage into EU law more likely.
The new rules for toy firms will ban chemicals that can cause cancer or genetic changes, allergenic fragrances and parts that can choke children.
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Pupils growing too big for their chairs, survey finds - The Guardian 5th November 2008
Schools need to upgrade their furniture because today's children have outgrown the tables and chairs designed to meet the needs of 1960s pupils, experts said yesterday. Pupils are generally so much bigger - in height as well as girth - that many no longer fit into standard school furniture.
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'Couch potato school pupils so fat they need stronger desks and chairs', report states - Daily Mail 4th November 2008
Britain's schoolchildren are now too heavy for their chairs, it was suggested today.
A policy commission led by the former education secretary Charles Clarke concluded that growing numbers of children were suffering from back pain due to unsuitable school furniture.
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