 Change 4 Life – Make a Sugar Swap!
Did you know just one or two everyday swaps can really make a difference to how much sugar your child is having, while still keeping them happy?
Children in England are eating an extra 2,800 sugar cubes a year, which is more than double the recommended guidelines. That’s 8 cubes too many each day!
Half of the sugar in our children's diets comes from sugary drinks, sweets, biscuits, cakes, puddings, sugary breakfast cereals and higher-sugar yoghurts and puddings.
But it's easy to cut back by swapping from higher- to lower- sugar products.
Computer sessions for all!
Would you like some help using a computer or accessing the internet? If so, why not go along to one of the computer sessions in Wyre Forest for more information and support?
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Start 4 Life- Weaning Campaign
Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first ever Start4Life campaign offering parents support and advice on introducing solid foods to their baby.
A new weaning hub has been launched on the Start4Life website to help parents during their weaning journey. It is packed with NHS-approved advice and tips for each weaning stage, plus simple, healthy weaning recipes.
Official advice is that most babies should not start solid foods until they are around six months old. By this point their bodies are better able to cope with solid foods and they are more able feed themselves. They are also better at moving food around their mouth, chewing and swallowing. The last UK Infant Feeding Survey showed that three-quarters of parents had introduced solid foods by the time their baby is five months old.
A new survey of 1,000 mothers of young children conducted for PHE found that common misconceptions persist about the signs a baby is ready for their first solid foods. Just under half of mums (46%) mistake wanting extra milk feeds as a sign that their baby is ready for solid foods. Chewing fists (32%) and waking up in the night (24%) were also incorrectly identified as signs a baby is ready.
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 Become a blood donor
Across England 830,000 people gave blood in 2018. Will you become a blood donor in 2019? Around one hour of your time could save or improve the lives of up to three people.
Currently around two thirds of all new donors are women. More men are needed to provide life-saving products like plasma and platelets – to save victims of burns, car crashes and provide life-saving treatment to patients with cancer. Men’s blood is particularly useful to make plasma and platelets used to stop bleeding after injury or surgery.
40,000 black donors are also needed to provide much needed blood donations for black patients with sickle cell disease. They need life-saving blood from black donors, which provides the closest match to their own.
Families could be missing out on food vouchers
Healthy Start helps you give your family the very best start in life. If you are pregnant or have a child under four years old you could get Healthy Start vouchers to help buy some basic foods. This important means-tested scheme provides vouchers to spend with local retailers. Pregnant women and children over one and under four years old can get one £3.10 voucher per week. Children under one year old can get two £3.10 vouchers (£6.20) per week.
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