A new report from the Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood calls for urgent action to address poor nutrition in babies and toddlers. It outlines nine key recommendations, including:

• Introducing a national nutrition strategy covering preconception, pregnancy, and postnatal periods.

• Implementing mandatory nutrition composition, marketing, and labelling standards for commercial baby and toddler food and drink products.

• Extending free school meals to early years settings.

• Making oral health training mandatory for all early years educators and healthcare professionals.

Read the full Network Health Digest blog, HERE.