Jan 19, 2022
Medical X-Press – Emily Collins
New research has found that youth with ADHD were more likely than their peers to experience COVID-19 symptoms, sleep problems, fear and anxiety related to infection risk, difficulties with remote learning, family conflict, rule-breaking behavior, and lack of school preparation during the first year of the pandemic. Additionally, youth with ADHD are less likely than their peers to be responsive to factors, such as parental monitoring and school engagement, that may mitigate the impact of pandemic school closures.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-covid-youth-adhd.html
Jan 18, 2022
Moms – Jessica Tucker
In this day and age, people have forgotten that what eating is about is to fuel the body to give it optimal physical and mental health. Instead, it has become about eating for convenience, emotional eating, and mindless eating. This is important because kids who are not getting in their daily serving of five fruits and vegetables do not have the same mental well-being as those who do get their fruits and vegetables do. Couple that with kids not starting the day with a filling and nutrient-rich breakfast, many are not properly fueling their bodies or brains. And this can be seen by kids’ performance in the classroom and their overall outlook on life. This is why kids need to eat foods that boost their mental health consistently so that from head to toe they are healthier overall.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/foods-boost-kids-mental-health/
Jan 18, 2022
The Conversation – Alison Owen
Lockdowns during the pandemic aimed to limit the spread of COVID-19 and related deaths. However, these lockdowns also affected how active people were. Children became significantly more sedentary.
There is a risk that short term changes in children’s physical activity in reaction to COVID-19 may end up extending beyond the duration of the pandemic. It is very easy for habits to become established, and for a more sedentary and less physically active lifestyle to become normal and ingrained in young people.
Read More: https://theconversation.com/children-exercised-less-during-lockdown-heres-how-to-get-them-moving-again-174662
Jan 17, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
It is important that teenagers live a healthy life and that is because they are in an important part of their development. They are growing and developing at a rapid pace and this means that it is important that they are fueling their body with all the nutrients they need to thrive. Teenagers are trying to find their identity away from their parents, and this means that they are exploring the ability to be a bit independent and make some of their own choices. They feel like they are more grown-up than they are a child, and this means that they want to pick their own snacks throughout the day.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/encouraging-teenagers-choose-healthy-snacks/
Jan 17, 2022
Moms – Megan Glosson
Most children go through some sort of picky eating phase at some point in their life. Usually, kids eventually outgrow this and learn how to eat a balanced diet filled with a wide variety of food. Unfortunately, kids who suffer from a condition called avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) aren’t just “picky eaters” — they deal with a wide variety of feeding disturbances that impact their ability to eat and keep their bodies properly nourished.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/how-parents-help-child-arfid/
