Nutrition assistance should also help direct practices towards healthy diets to combat the high risk of overweight and obesity in children from low-income families (Inchley, 2016(69]) (OECD, 2017(70]) ((n.a.), Early interventions in childcare and education are effective policy tools to create level playing fields and to reduce gaps among children. The evidence suggests that the benefits of high quality childcare programmes on child and young adult outcomes are positive and often stronger for children from disadvantaged families than for those of wealth families (Ruhm and Waldfogel, 2012(72]) (Havnes and Mogstad, 2011(73]) (Van Huizen and Plantenga,(n.d.)|74]) (Dietrichson, Kristiansen and Nielsen,(n.d.)[75j) (Shuey and Kankaras, 2018(76]). Yet, children from disadvantaged backgrounds are disproportionately likely to miss out on formal ECEC (OECD, 2016(49])- Childcare places availability, affordability and perceptions of service quality are key parameters to foster the use of childcare services by low-income families and reduce inequalities across children (OECD, 2011(48]) (Van Lancker and Ghysels, 2016(77]).