Dec 8, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most common developmental disabilities in children. Because many children with autismbattle with obesity, researchers evaluated the adaptation and implementation of an existing, evidence-based nutrition programfor children with autism and their parents.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-family-centered-nutrition-diet-behaviors-children.html
Dec 7, 2021
Earth – Andrei Ionescu
Exposure to an adult’s positive facial expression while eating raw vegetables can increase children’s acceptance and consumption of the vegetables that they generally dislike, according to new research by a team of psychologists from Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Read More: https://www.earth.com/news/children-will-eat-more-vegetables-if-they-see-adults-enjoy-them/
Dec 7, 2021
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
A new, comprehensive model of autism care and treatment that prioritizes personalized, stepped care approaches is urgently needed, according to a new international report published in The Lancet. The authors of The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research on autism call for global coordination between governments, health care providers, education, financial institutions, and social sectors to reform research, care, and treatment for autism that will include individualized treatments throughout a person’s life with active participation from patients and their families.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-experts-future-autism-treatment-focus.html
Dec 6, 2021
Stanford – Carrie Spector
It’s one of the first things parents and teachers tell a child who gets upset: “Take a deep breath.” But research into the effect of deep breathing on the body’s stress response has overwhelmingly ignored young children – and studies done with adults typically take place in a university lab, making them even less applicable to children’s actual lives.
Read More: https://ed.stanford.edu/news/how-calm-stressed-kid-one-minute-video-can-help-according-stanford-researchers
Dec 6, 2021
Moms – Jessica Tucker
Raising boys to be emotionally mature young men takes a lot of effort. Not necessarily so because of the boys but because of the societal pressures put on boys to conform to behave in a way that is not conducive to showing feelings. As such, boys are often met with comments that they need to “toughen up,” “brush it off,” or to “stop crying because it is not that big of a deal.” And all that these comments do is set boys up to be emotionally unavailable as they age because they do not have the words to express themselves properly. As such, parents should know some not-so-pushy ways to get boys to express their emotions.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/get-boys-to-express-emotions/
