The Las Cruces Bulletin – German Fierro Perez, MD
As pandemic stressors continue for all of us, it’s important to focus not just on avoiding serious illness but on the many aspects of health and well-being. This is equally true for children as it is for adults.
Read More: https://www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/raising-healthy-children-in-todays-world,10523
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
First and foremost: Talk to your kids, and be honest, said Christopher Lynch, director of Pediatric Behavioral Medicine for Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, N.J.
Kids can often tell when parents are withholding information. If you don’t provide the full picture, they may get wrong ideas about the situation and think they’re in danger.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-kids-war-ukraine.html
Today – Meghan Holohan
Weight bias or stigma occurs when people assume certain harmful things about people who have larger bodies. Often people incorrectly believe someone has obesity because they are lazy, eat too much junk food or aren’t smart. But researchers know that obesity is a chronic condition that often has multiple causes.
Read More: https://www.today.com/parents/parents/childhood-obesity-weight-bias-leads-poorer-health-rcna19498
Harvard Health – Claire McCarthy, MD
We are in the midst of a pediatric mental health crisis — and parents need to take action.
Over the past couple of years, the pandemic has not only killed hundreds of thousands; it has also shut us inside, cut off social contacts, taken parents out of work and children out of school. The consequences have been tremendous. And one of those consequences is that we are seeing alarming amounts of anxiety and depression in our children and teens.
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Vision experts at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) have expressed concerns that this could affect children’s eyesight and general health, with several conditions linked to an increase in screen time
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented move to remote learning, with many countries closing their schools. Students were left to rely on digital devices to continue with their education.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-children-eyesight-health-linked-screen.html