Medical X-Press – Jeff Heinrich
Young children generally get more physically aggressive between the ages of 1½ and 3½, but that usually diminishes as they get older and go to school, a new Université de Montréal study shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-decreasingly-rough-and-tumble-world-childhood.html
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The factors that put children at risk of becoming obese within the first 12 months of their life may differ for Hispanic and non-Hispanic babies. This is a conclusion of a new study in the journal Pediatric Research, which is published by Springer Nature. Lead authors, Sahel Hazrati and Farah Khan of the Inova Translational Medicine Institute in the US, investigated factors associated with excess weight in the first year of life in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white children. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-factors-obesity-differ-hispanic-non-hispanic.html
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Substantial numbers of Cleveland’s youngest students have had elevated levels of lead in their blood prior to kindergarten and these children have a higher risk of academic issues, according to two new studies by researchers at Case Western Reserve University. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-elevated-blood-early-childhood-academic.html
The Winchester Sun – Shonda Johnston
Many children say they do not like vegetables, but often they’ve not even tried them. I remember my parents encouraging me to try ‘at least one bite’ of everything on my plate, vegetables included. https://www.winchestersun.com/2019/01/09/johnston-getting-children-to-eat-vegetables/
The Week UK – Staff Writer
Parental fears that using smartphones and computers could damage children’s health may be overblown, according to new research that suggests screen time is not intrinsically harmful. https://www.theweek.co.uk/98753/how-much-screen-time-is-safe-for-children