Jul 16, 2022
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The emotional context in which eating occurs has been thought to influence eating patterns and diet, with studies finding negative emotions predict excessive calorie intake and poor diet quality. A research article featured in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior discusses how children’s unhealthy food choices, especially over weekends, are related to emotion.
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Jul 16, 2022
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Ross D. Neville, Ph.D., from University College Dublin, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify studies that used validated measures to document changes in child and adolescent physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were analyzed via a random-effects meta-analysis in January 2022.
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Jul 15, 2022
Medical X-Press – Mallory Locklear
Most children in the United States diagnosed with obesity do not receive recommended laboratory tests for co-occurring conditions such as diabetes and liver disease, a new Yale study finds. Many also receive potentially unnecessary tests, and both can be harmful to patients, the researchers say.
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Jul 15, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
A new study has found that head injuries in children can lead to learning difficulties. No parent wants their children to be injured, in any way. However, life happens, and this means that children are vulnerable to all sorts of injuries. Children are exploring the world around them, and they also may lack the protective nature that adults have, and this makes them vulnerable to different accidents. They could occur at home, at school or on the playground, and they need to be taken seriously.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/childrens-head-injuries-linked-learning-difficulties/
Jul 14, 2022
Medical X-Press – Mylene Tremblay
For thousands of years, Indigenous populations have regarded their connection with nature as a mainstay of health. Now this age-old wisdom is winning converts in the world of modern medicine. Over the past 10 years, scientific evidence has been piling up showing that being surrounded by nature can help heal many health problems in both adults and children.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-07-formalizing-exposure-nature-health.html
