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Welcome to Russell's latest blog, reflecting on a busy month of travel, meetings and new faces at the College!

The Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young People's Health have today published the first ever international comparison of young people's health measures over time, comparing the UK to 18 other high-income countries. Professor Russell Viner, President of the RCPCH, responds.

The RCPCH has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report.

Two years on from the launch of ‘State of Child Health: Scotland,’ the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) reviews policy progress.

Welsh Government continues to prioritise child health but ‘policies have to be delivered and enforced to reap the health benefits’ says Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in ‘State of Child Health Wales: Two years on’ report.

RCPCH's Officer for Wales welcomes the focus the proposals place on children and the early years but calls on the Government to move quickly to support children who need weight management support now.

As part of its childhood obesity plan, Government has launched a consultation on restricting promotions of food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt.

Ahead of the first anniversary of the publication of the Government’s childhood obesity plan the Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for urgent action to tackle childhood obesity, given the rising rates of children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Although not every case of Type 2 diabetes ...