Nov 13, 2021
Futurism – Victor Tangermann
In shocking new research spotted by Sapien Journal, scientists found that children are surprisingly terrible at identifying where certain kinds of meat come from. Alarmingly, nearly 40 percent of children interviewed for the research believed that hot dogs come from plants — and more than 46 percent thought french fries were a type of animal. A shocking 41 percent were unable to correctly pinpoint that bacon comes from an animal.
Read More: https://futurism.com/american-children-hot-dogs-vegetables
Nov 12, 2021
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
Mental health in youth can be considered a “crisis” right now, and it is something that a lot of parents and medical professionals take very seriously. Children are living through a global pandemic, and while there were already anxious children in the world, this has made the problem worse or seen children develop anxiety. This means that parents are always looking for ways to help their children who appear to be anxious. They want to make sure they have the right resources to help them live well and be healthy.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/how-mindfulness-help-anxious-children/
Nov 12, 2021
The Conversation – Chloe Yap, Andrew Whitehouse, and Jake Gratten
There has been much speculation that the community of bacteria living in the gut – known as the microbiome – may be different among people on the autism spectrum than the wider population. This has led some researchers and clinicians to speculate that gut bacteria could cause autism.
Read More: https://theconversation.com/gut-bacteria-dont-cause-autism-autistic-kids-microbiome-differences-are-due-to-picky-eating-170366
Nov 11, 2021
Medical X-Press – Clay Bonnyman Evans
In October 2019, before anyone had heard of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, though, Peter Templeton, founder of the William Templeton Foundation for Young People’s Mental Health and executive director at Institute for Manufacturing’s Engage program in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, launched a wide-ranging, international, multi-disciplinary project intended to “innovate early interventions for depression in young people.”
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-diet-teens-mental-health.html
Nov 11, 2021
The Conversation – Maria Corkin
The possibility that screen time during early childhood could cause poorer attention later in a child’s life is a major concern for both parents and researchers.
Read More: https://theconversation.com/studies-suggest-no-causal-link-between-young-childrens-screen-time-and-later-symptoms-of-inattention-and-hyperactivity-169943
