Jan 14, 2018
The Guardian – Denis Campbell
NHS surgeons are performing record numbers of operations to pull out rotten teeth in children. Hospitals extracted multiple teeth from children and teenagers in England a total of 42,911 times – 170 a day – in 2016-17, according to statistics obtained by the Local Government Association. That is almost a fifth (17%) more than the 36,833 of those procedures that surgical teams carried out in 2012-13. Each one involves a child having a general anaesthetic and at least two teeth removed. (more)
Jan 13, 2018
Perth Now – Jennifer Cockerell
Half the sugar consumed by children comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks, according to a campaign that suggests parents look out for snacks of no more than 100 calories at a time. (more)
Jan 13, 2018
Self – Leah Prinzivalli
Kids working out (or “working out”) on social media has officially become a trend. Celebrity trainer David Kirsch just posted a video of his two young daughters “making family time healthy time” at the gym. After Thanksgiving, Justin Timberlake shared a video of him doing push-ups with his 2-year-old son on his back. And Jenna Dewan-Tatum showed us how kids can sometimes make getting a workout done more challenging with a video of her 4-year-old daughter Everly running straight into a group dance rehearsal. (more)
Jan 12, 2018
The Macau Daily News – Daniel Beitler
A study on obesity rates in children, co-produced by a Macau-based scholar, recently found that the age group 9 to 10 years old is a “critical period” in understanding the obesity epidemic afflicting much of the developed world. A partnership of five scholars from universities based out of South Africa, Portugal, mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, the study sampled more than 10,000 students for six years, tracking the differences in the obesity rate each year. Of this figure, approximately 900 students were tested from Macau between 2008 and 2013. (more)
Jan 12, 2018
Medical X-Press – Sophia Komninou
A new campaign from Public Health England is urging parents to limit snacks for children to two a day, and 100 calories a piece. The aim is to reduce kids’ sugar consumption – according to PHE data, children eat on average 10kg of sugar every year, with about half of this coming from sugary drinks and snacks. (more)
