• Children exposed to TV ads for junk food
    • Children exposed to TV ads for junk food

      Posted on February 17, 2026

      A report compiled by researchers at Newcastle University has revealed that children are being exposed to more TV ads for junk food since the introduction of new regulations. In 2007, new regulations were introduced by Ofcom to prevent foods which have high levels of sugar, fat and salt being displayed during the hours when children’s programmes were being aired on TV. The new regulations were one of a number of measures introduced to reduce childhood obesity levels. However, the report states that the ads for junk food which are being viewed by children have increased to 7 percent from the previous figure of 6.1 percent.

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    • Dunfermline mum calls for more safety measures at leisure centre
    • Dunfermline mum calls for more safety measures at leisure centre

      Posted on February 16, 2026

      Following the opening of a new leisure centre in Dunfermline, a local mum has called for more safety features for families with babies who wish to take their children swimming. The Carnegie leisure centre, which cost more than £18 million, has all the safety features you could wish for, including safety flooring. However, when Kymm [...]

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    • Finger foods could reduce childhood obesity levels
    • Finger foods could reduce childhood obesity levels

      Posted on February 15, 2026

      According to research carried out by Nottingham University, allowing babies to eat finger foods could help to reduce levels of childhood obesity. The researchers also found that babies who were fed pureed foods using a spoon, tended to be more likely to become overweight.

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  • When do you start thinking about life insurance?

    Filed under: Life Insurance — Posted by: Martha on December 23, 2025

    It’s a basic truth that most of us haven’t got any kind of life insurance in place, and we haven’t even considered it in any real detail. What is fairly common in countries such as the USA is less so over here, especially as we as a nation are all living longer.

    However, when you have a family, and children, to support it’s probably about time you considered life insurance. Worrying about your own mortality isn’t something anyone wants to do, but every responsible parent should be concerned for their children’s health and wellbeing should something happen to them.

    Of course, we are in a financial rut and money is tight for most people in the UK. Spending money on insurance isn’t something that anyone wants to do, particularly as insurance premiums for things like car insurance are constantly on the up. Life insurance doesn’t have to be expensive though, with even the major supermarkets offering life insurance packages. Now you really can protect yourself for less with ASDA Life Insurance when you do your weekly shop.

    The good thing about supermarkets offering products such as life insurance is that, because of their vastly superior buying power, they can always offer cheap deals on services such as life insurance.

    Nobody likes to think about what would happen to their children’s health and safety should something happen to them, but the whole idea of life insurance is so that you don’t have to worry about it.

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