📰 On Wednesday 19 November 2025 the landmark three-paper Lancet Series on Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) and Human Health will be launched at an event at the Royal College of Physicians in London, as well as online. ➡️

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Misinformation review focuses on: -role of disinformation for profit - antiscience policy - how & why disinfo is increasing Interventions: - greater focus on framing - strategies for “prebunking” of predictable narratives - denormalization - countermarketing

📰 Want to keep up to date with the latest news and research about infant and child feeding? Our November newsletter was published last week. Here are the highlights… ➡️

Next Yafa Ajweh and Reem Al Soufi of the Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance (GINA) will be speaking about S-upporting, protecting & sustaining breastfeeding in conflict zones Al Soufi begins by speaking about how bf her daughter in October 2023 moved her to work to support other parents #BFConf

Welcome back after lunch. Vicky Sibson of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social is chairing this afternoon's session. Karen Read is speaking now about 10 years of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Neonatal Standards #BFConf

Read more about GINA www.gina.org.uk End!

Day 1 cont: ...& Brittal Stordal On Day 2: @vicky-thomas.bsky.social from HIFN, @jameskinross.bsky.social, @philbakernz.bsky.social, @drnaomidowibclc.bsky.social, Illiyin Morrison, @ndzitina.bsky.social, Matt Lenny from North Somerset Council, Gill Thomson & Victoria Hall Moran & Anne Woods!

It's this week! @unicef-uk.bsky.social's Annual #BabyFriendlyConference is back in person in Telford Wednesday & Thursday at the #TelfordInternationalCentre. If you can't make it follow along here & with #BFConf. Timetable www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly...

We'll be hearing on Day 1 from @profamcf.bsky.social, Philip Goodwin from @unicef-uk.bsky.social, Shereen Fisher from Baby Friendly UK, Anna Byrom from @all4maternity.bsky.social, @aaloysius.bsky.social, Vicky Sibson from @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social, Yafa Ajweh & Reem Al Soufi from GINA... #BFConf

❗ We’ve updated our Eating Well for New Mums guide, last updated in 2020, to reflect the latest advice and support for new mums. The guide highlights the importance of eating well for new mums and answers some FAQs new breastfeeding mums may have about eating and drinking.

Important post #ConflictsOfInterest #EndExploitativeMarketing

We’re really pleased to see this article published in the @BMJ today!

💥 Celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall supporting our campaign to double bean consumption! And several major businesses have already pledged to #BangInSomeBeans Join the movement: ➡️ bit.ly/47wdTiW

🎃 Halloween is here but do your children's treats contain artificial food colours? Some azo dyes can cause hyperactivity.

Yesterday @itvnews.bsky.social reported how extortionate formula costs are putting babies at risk. @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social urged the UK govt to implement the @cmagovuk.bsky.social's recommendations to make the formula market fairer. Doing so will also protect breastfeeding. bit.ly/48TOxfG

Listen from 9.45 for a feature on the harm being caused by DHSC inaction on high infant formula prices m.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMk... @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social

It’s hard to believe this is the UK in 2025

Every month that passes without a government response to the inappropriate marketing of infant formula is another missed opportunity to protect babies' health and families from profit greed.

📢 Around 290,000 children aged under five are due to miss out on the government's upcoming Free School Meals expansion unless nurseries and childcare settings are included! Read about Bremner & Co report findings in today's @the-independent.com ⬇️ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This year’s #WorldFoodDay theme is ‘Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future’. Here at First Steps, we want to ensure that everyone, including babies and children, has access to healthy food. Eating more minimally processed foods is good for the planet and people.  

🚨 'We can't keep calling it 'pro-business' to let firms profit from unhealthy food' Here's what happened when young Food Ambassadors came face to face with MPs at #PartyConferences 🔗 bit.ly/48oa0wV

Postage stamps from around the world illustrating breastfeeding

📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system? As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers. Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4 @labouruk.bsky.social

❗️ICYMI: On 10 September 2025, UNICEF published its Child Nutrition Report 2025, Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children For the first time ever, among school-aged children and adolescents globally, overweight has exceeded underweight as the dominant form of malnutrition.

📰Want to keep up to date with the latest UK news and research about infant and child feeding? Our latest newsletter was published last week, here are the highlights ➡️

For more recipes and information, download our FREE eating well resources, including a specific guide for vegan infants aged 1 to under 5, here: www.firststepsnutrition.org/eating-well-...

Unfortified or sweetened (with added sugars, free sugars or non-sugar sweeteners) plant-based drinks are not an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk - this includes any organic plant drink as these products are not fortified.

Whole or semi-skimmed cows’ milk is preferable to plant-based drinks for children aged 1 to 5 years who consume animal products. Fortified & unsweetened (without added sugars, free sugars/non-sugar sweeteners) soya, oat and almond drinks are an acceptable alternative to cows’ milk.

Vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in animal products and vegan children will require either a supplement or fortified foods (such as unsweetened fortified milk alternatives). Other important nutrients for vegan children include plenty of iron, calcium, iodine, riboflavin, and Omega-3 fats.

Protein sources offered should be varied, such as different peas, beans, lentils, tofu, soya beans, yoghurt or unsweetened plain soya yoghurt, eggs, and nut/seed butters.

In the UK, where food is plentiful and there is a wide range of options available to ensure a complete diet, infants and children can get all the nutrition they need from a vegetarian or plant-based diet alongside appropriate supplements, but it does take thought and planning.

A wide variety of vegetables should be offered to help develop children’s long-term food preferences, and offering vegetarian dishes can help to increase vegetable consumption. Here are some tips for Vegetarian and Vegan infants and children:

Happy #WorldVegetarianWeek! Did you know that all our eating well resources for young children contain #vegetarian recipes? Whether vegetarian, vegan, or not, it is recommended that infants and children eat a wide variety of minimally processed foods.

ICYMI: The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published an assessment of the health benefits and risks of consuming plant-based drinks What are the key points parents of young children need to know from a nutrition perspective?

Baby food manufacturers have 18 months to cut sugar & salt and improve labelling under new Govt guidance. With 2 in 3 toddlers eating too much sugar, early nutrition is critical to tackling childhood obesity. Voluntary steps are welcome - but mandatory standards are needed.

Great to see this new costed policy to deliver trustworthy breastfeeding and bottle-feeding support for all families that need it, on the Recipe For Change menu @catherinehine.bsky.social @bfn-uk.bsky.social @sustainweb.org www.recipeforchange.org.uk/policy-inter...

Where can I access breastfeeding support near me? It’s #WorldBreastFeedingWeek and we’re rounding things off by sharing where you can access practical breastfeeding support near you! There are breastfeeding drop-ins, cafes and centres in many areas around the UK

It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek and we’re looking at the ways in which we protect breastfeeding with our work here at First Steps Nutrition Trust.

This year’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek’s theme is "Prioritize Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems," emphasising the need for long-term, equitable support for breastfeeding mothers worldwide.

It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, and today, we’re sharing some resources that might be useful to new mums! Adapting to becoming a mum can be challenging, and you might have lots of questions about how to make sure that you, and your family, can eat well.

Breastfeeding plays an important role in cancer prevention and much more, so it is encouraging to see it getting attention in Parliament. This is a testament to the amazing work of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social & @katiepk.bsky.social who advocate tirelessly for better nutrition in the early years.