Expert Comment
Weight loss cured diabetes in three year old – a message to us all
The case of a three-year-old girl in the US whose type 2 diabetes reversed after weight loss is encouraging news for doctors and the public (children and adults) at large, writes Dr William Tigbe, Clinical Lecturer, Warwick Medical School, Statistics & Epidemiology, Health Science.
Nursery education – a hundred years of expansion and cuts - Dr Angela Davis
Dr Angela Davis of the University of Warwick History department comments in response to the Government plea to nurseries over free childcare, "Current Conservative government policy seems to be characterised by the desire to increase the number of children attending nursery education, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, but a reluctance to fund it. Their call to nursery providers for ideas about how to increase the number of funded hours for three-year-olds from fifteen to thirty, in line with their manifesto promise, seems emblematic of their quandary."