Sep 10, 2019
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Although food preferences are largely learned, dislike is the main reason parents stop offering or serving their children foods like vegetables. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, demonstrated that repeatedly offering a variety of vegetables increased acceptance and consumption by children. “In Australia, dietary guidelines for vegetable consumption by young children have increased although actual consumption is low,” said lead author Astrid A.M. Poelman, Ph.D., CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Sensory, Flavour and Consumer Science, North Ryde, Australia. “This study introduces an effective strategy for parents wanting to address this deficiency.”
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-children-variety-vegetables.html
Sep 10, 2019
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Children’s persistence in the face of challenges is key to learning and academic success. However, we know little about how parents and educators can help foster persistent behavior in children before they begin formal schooling. A new U.S. study looked at the interactions of preschool-age children with adults to determine how they affected the children’s persistence. It found that the efforts adults put into their actions, successes and failures, and words affected children’s persistent behavior to differing degrees.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-adults-actions-successes-failures-words.html
Sep 9, 2019
RTE – Sandra Sanmartín Feijóo
With the “back to school” operation kicking off, it is normal for parents to have some worries. Have we purchased all the necessary books and materials? Will our child do well? Will he/she make friends? Or worst…could someone bully her/him? Sometimes children have small conflicts or fights which, with a bit of attention, can be resolved just as quickly as they happened. However, when aggression is maintained over time, we begin to talk about bullying, which tends to have severe consequences.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0909/1074774-how-do-i-know-if-my-child-is-being-bullied-in-school/
Sep 9, 2019
Medical X-Press – Jami Larue
Much research has pointed to how an unhealthy diet correlates to obesity, but has not explored how diet can bring about neurological changes in the brain. A recent Yale study has discovered that high-fat diets contribute to irregularities in the hypothalamus region of the brain, which regulates body weight homeostasis and metabolism.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-high-fat-high-carbohydrate-diets-affect-brain.html
Sep 8, 2019
ADDitude – Katherine Quie, Ph.D., L.P.
Given his weight loss and small size, my husband and I consulted a licensed naturopathic doctor for ways to supplement his diet. Her primary recommendation was to increase William’s protein intake. Each morning, I tried to cook the “perfect” egg in hopes he would finally crack (no pun intended!) and eat the dang thing. Why did eating have to be so difficult? All I was trying to get him to do was eat something other than bowtie pasta and freshly shaven parmesan cheese. The worst part was that, though William had been a super-picky eater from the time we introduced solid foods, his finicky palate worsened after he started ADHD medication.
https://www.additudemag.com/feeding-therapy-child-nutrition-tips/
