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1 in 10 long daycares don’t provide food – this means some kids might be going hungry

By Bonnie Searle, Research Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Some long daycare services provide children with breakfast, morning and afternoon tea and a hot lunch. But others do not provide any food all. This means the onus is on families to provide meals.

Good nutrition is essential for children’s learning and development, particularly in the first five years when the brain is developing rapidly.

Yet, around one in six Australian children experience food…

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