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ArticleHealth & social care in the community2022

Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning.

Helen Skouteris, Rachael Green, Alexandra Chung, Heidi Bergmeier, Lisa H Amir, Sukhpreet Kaur Baidwan, Angel Marie Chater, Catherine Chamberlain, Ruth Emond, Kay Gibbons and 34 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Risk Factors for Food Insecurity among Early Childhood Education Providers: Time for a Solution.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

44 authors.

Helen SkouterisHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Rachael GreenHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Alexandra ChungHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Heidi BergmeierHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Lisa H AmirJudith Lumley Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Victoria, Bundoora, Australia.
Sukhpreet Kaur BaidwanChild Development Centre Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Angel Marie ChaterCentre for Health, Wellbeing and Behaviour Change, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK.
Catherine ChamberlainJudith Lumley Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Victoria, Bundoora, Australia.
Ruth EmondUniversity of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Kay GibbonsInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Michelle GooeyHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Kostas HatzikiriakidisHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Emma HaycraftSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Andrew P HillsSchool of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
Daryl J HigginsAustralian Catholic University, Victoria, Fitzroy, Australia.
Oliver HooperSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Sue-Anne HunterYoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Pam KappelidesDepartment of Management, La Trobe University, Victoria, Bundoora, Australia.
Sue KleveDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Clayton, Australia.
Jacynta KrakouerHealth and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Julie C LumengUniversity of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Yannis ManiosDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Athar MansoorThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Michael MarmotUniversity College London, London, UK.
Louise C MâsseBC Children's Hospital Research Institute/School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Karen Matvienko-SikarSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Zandile June-Rose MchizaNon-communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council & School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Caroline MeyerExecutive Office, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
George MoschonisDepartment of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Victoria, Bundoora, Australia.
Emily R MunroTilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK.
Teresia Margareta O'ConnorUSDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, Houston, USA.
Adrienne O'NeilInstitute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), Food & Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Victoria, Geelong, Australia.
Thomas QuarmbyCarnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Rachel SandfordSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Janet U SchneidermanDepartment of Nursing, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, California, Los Angeles, USA.
Simone SherriffThe Sax Institute, Sydney, Australia.
Doug SimkissExecutive Office, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Alison SpenceInstitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth SturgissSchool of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Dave VicaryGood Shepherd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Rebecca WickesGriffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Luke WolfendenSchool of Medicine and Public Health, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.
Mary StoryDuke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Maureen M BlackSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is needed to ensure that families are adequately supported to nurture their children's growth and development. With a shared vision to give every child the best start in life, thus helping them reach their full developmental potential, we have formed the International Healthy Eating Active Living Matters (HEALing Matters) Alliance. Together, we form a global network of academics and practitioners working across child health and development, and who are dedicated to improving health equity for children and their families. Our goal is to ensure that all families are free from structural inequality and oppression and are empowered to nurture their children's growth and development through healthy eating and physical activity within the context of responsive emotional support, safety and security, and opportunities for early learning. To date, there have been disparate approaches to promoting these objectives across the health, community service, and education sectors. The crucial importance of our collective work is to bring these priorities for early childhood together through multisectoral interventions, and in so doing tackle head on siloed approaches. In this Policy paper, we draw upon extensive research and call for collective action to promote equity and foster positive developmental trajectories for all children. We call for the delivery of evidence-based programs, policies, and services that are co-designed to meet the needs of all children and families and address structural and systemic inequalities. Moving beyond the "what" is needed to foster the best start to life for all children, we provide recommendations of "how" we can do this. Such collective impact will facilitate intergenerational progression that builds human capital in future generations.

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Diet, HealthyLearningChildChild DevelopmentChild HealthChild, PreschoolHumansPolicychild developmenthealth equityhealthy livingnurturing care

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PMID36401560
PMCPMC10946933

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