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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
Health & social care in the community, Vol.30(6), pp.E6719-E6729
2022
PMID: 36401560
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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- Title
- 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
- Authors/Creators
- Helen Skouteris - Monash UniversityRachael Green - Monash UniversityAlexandra Chung - Monash UniversityHeidi Bergmeier - Monash UniversityLisa H. Amir - La Trobe UniversitySukhpreet Kaur Baidwan - Heartlands HospitalAngel Marie Chater - University of BedfordshireCatherine Chamberlain - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for ChangeRuth Emond - University of StirlingKay Gibbons - Victoria UniversityMichelle Gooey - Monash UniversityKostas Hatzikiriakidis - Monash UniversityEmma Haycraft - Loughborough UniversityAndrew P. Hills - University of TasmaniaDaryl J. Higgins - Australian Catholic UniversityOliver Hooper - Loughborough UniversitySue-Anne Hunter - Mental Health CommissionPam Kappelides - La Trobe UniversitySue Kleve - Monash UniversityJacynta Krakouer - Monash UniversityJulie C. Lumeng - University of MichiganYannis Manios - Harokopio University of AthensAthar Mansoor - Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyMichael Marmot - University College LondonLouise C. Masse - BC Children's HospitalKaren Matvienko-Sikar - University College CorkZandile June-Rose Mchiza - South African Medical Research CouncilCaroline Meyer - University of WarwickGeorge Moschonis - La Trobe UniversityEmily R. Munro - University of BedfordshireTeresia Margareta O'Connor - Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of MedicineAdrienne O'Neil - Deakin UniversityThomas Quarmby - Leeds Beckett UniversityRachel Sandford - Loughborough UniversityJanet U. Schneiderman - University of Southern CaliforniaSimone Sherriff - Sax InstituteDoug Simkiss - University of WarwickAlison Spence - Deakin UniversityElizabeth Sturgiss - Monash UniversityDave Vicary - Good Shepherd, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaRebecca Wickes - Griffith UniversityLuke Wolfenden - University of Newcastle AustraliaMary Story - Duke Institute for Health InnovationMaureen M. Black - University of Maryland, College Park
- Publication Details
- Health & social care in the community, Vol.30(6), pp.E6719-E6729
- Publisher
- Wiley-Hindawi
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Medical Research Future Fund Preventive Health Research Initiative NHMRC; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
- Identifiers
- 991005585966707891
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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