Nov 22, 2019
BBC – James Gallagher
Four in five 11- to 17-year-olds around the world are not taking enough physical exercise, according to the first such analysis. The World Health Organization says children’s health is being damaged as well as their brain development and social skills. It says failing to take the recommended hour a day of exercise is a universal problem in rich and poor countries. Boys were more active than girls in all but four of the 146 countries studied.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50466061
Nov 21, 2019
University of Michigan Health – Jordyn Imhoff
Historically, providers were restrictive in allowing children with congenital heart disease (CHD) to participate in youth sports, or even regular exercise. More recently, practitioners have come to understand that most forms of exercise are safe and actually advisable for patients with CHD. CHD encompasses a wide variety of heart problems caused by an abnormalities in the heart’s development and affects approximately 1 in 100 children, according to Timothy Cotts, M.D., a CHD specialist at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/health-management/can-kids-heart-disease-play-sports
Nov 21, 2019
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine the share of children and adolescents consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the calories they consume from SSBs declined significantly between 2003 and 2014. This decline in consumption was found among children and adolescents in all groups studied, including those participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the US federally funded program that provides food assistance to more than 40 million low-income Americans each month—half of whom are children. However, the study demonstrated that even with the decline, current levels remain too high, with 61 percent of all children and 75.6 percent of SNAP recipients still consuming an SSB on a typical day.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-11-american-children-teens-consuming-significantly.html
Nov 20, 2019
Doctor NDTV – Garima Arora
Picky eaters: Deciding what to pack for your kids’ lunch can be a task if your child is a picky eater. Feeding a nutritious and wholesome meal is something that every parent wants. Parents must ensure that kids’ lunch is packed with nutrition and is a balanced-meal. The trick is to make a few replacements, additions and colours to a regular meal and make the food somehow appealing for kids. In one of her recent posts on Instagram, nutritionist Nmami Aggarwal shares a few healthy lunch ideas for kids, especially if they are picky eaters.
https://doctor.ndtv.com/living-healthy/picky-eaters-tips-for-parents-to-make-sure-kids-eat-healthy-5-interesting-lunch-ideas-2135712
Nov 20, 2019
The New Yorker – Burkhard Bilger
In a laboratory in Denver, on a decommissioned U.S. Army base, a baby sits in a high chair with two electrodes attached to his chest. To his left, on a small table, a muffin tin holds four numbered cups, each filled with a green substance. On the walls and the ceiling, four cameras and an omnidirectional microphone record the baby’s every burble and squawk, then transmit them to a secure server in an adjacent room. What looks like a window with blinds, across the room from the baby, is in fact a two-way mirror with a researcher behind it, scribbling notes. The baby’s mother takes a spoonful of the first sample and lifts it to the baby’s mouth, and the experiment begins.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/can-babies-learn-to-love-vegetables
