Thesnapshotsurvey also found 84.6% of the professionals who chose to take part in thesurvey had seen children without enough to eat during the course of their work.
Prof Nutbrown's comments come as the National Children's Bureau (NCB) charity releases the findings of a snapshotsurvey suggesting an overwhelming rejection of the ratio-change plans from the early years sector.
Called the Community Broadband Snapshot Report, it is a biannual survey designed to gauge the impact of broadband on the efforts of these administrators, managers and consultants to boost economic growth both personally and in their communities.