The West Somerset Free Press – Staff Writer
It seems the Covid lockdown had a lot to do with it – youngsters cooped up at home were persuaded to give a hand with gardening and found to their surprise that they actually enjoyed it. Being allowed to get mucky without being shouted at probably had a lot to do with it but whatever the reason the result was learning and appreciating nature while having fun.
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), found the treatments—a combination of a probiotic together with oral immunotherapy (the gradual introduction of the allergenic food) and oral immunotherapy alone—significantly induced remission and desensitization. About half of the children achieved remission, allowing them to stop treatment and safely eat peanut freely. Both treatments also provided substantial improvement in quality of life compared with current standard care.
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People – Sabrina Rojas Weiss
As parents and schools grapple with whether to keep kids at home amid the surge of the COVID-19 omicron variant, a top concern for many is how this will affect other aspects of kids’ health. A new study shows that early in the pandemic, many tweens and teens stopped doing much physical activity, and when they did, their mental health suffered too. That’s why, in the depths of another COVID winter, this is a good time to look into new ways to get those kids moving, and make sure they have fun while doing so.
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Education Week – Arianna Prothero
Anxiety, depression, and stalled social development are a few of the troubling developments that research has linked to the pandemic. Add obesity to that list.
Recent research has found a significant rise in obesity rates among children and teens over the course of the pandemic, accelerating an already troubling upward trend.
Schools, a key source of proper nutrition and physical education, are positioned to help head off this trend. But efforts to tackle the problem face stiff competition for educators’ attention alongside the ongoing pandemic, staff shortages, and the need to make up for lost academic ground.
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Children and adolescents who stammer report elevated symptoms of anxiety compared with non-stammering peers, according to a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research and also involving the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, combined and re-analyzed findings from 11 previous studies that had compared children and adolescents (two to 18 years) who do and do not stammer on symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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