Sep 19, 2022
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
A new study has found that parents’ eating behavior can contribute to a teenager’s emotional eating habits. Teenagers are in a tricky stage of development. They are dealing with pressure in their lives, like work, school, and social life. They are also trying to find who they are apart from their parents.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/parents-eating-behavior-can-contribute-to-teens-emotional-eating-habits/
Sep 19, 2022
Medical X-Press – Gino Flinterud
The foundation of good health is laid early in life. Two studies show that dietary habits and body size in Norwegian children remain stable for the first seven years of life. Body size and diet largely remain stable for Norwegian children in the first seven years of life. This is the conclusion of two studies that have examined the significance of stability in dietary habits, and stability in body size in the childhood years.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-health-habits-early-life.html
Sep 18, 2022
The Cleveland Clinic – Staff Writer
Something that remains constant for kids (and adults), though, is the importance of getting enough sleep. But how much sleep do kids need? Well, that’s another one of those phases. As kids change, so, too, do the recommendations for how much sleep they should get, and why.
Read More: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/recommended-amount-of-sleep-for-children/
Sep 18, 2022
The Hindustan Times – Zarafshan Shiraz
Childhood obesity is rising at an alarming rate in the country and obesity is a silent killer and can disrupt one’s life as those extra kilos will often start children on the path to health problems that were once thought to be adult issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart and kidney problems. Being overweight or obese can also invite depression, anxiety, stress and low self-esteem.
Read More: https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/want-to-combat-increased-obesity-in-kids-here-s-how-eating-right-and-exercise-can-help-101663491955859.html
Sep 17, 2022
Moms – Jessica Tucker
Children who are purposeful with their daily activities are participating in rituals. While rituals have a connotation that implies something religious in nature, according to Ness Labs, they do not have to be at all. In fact, rituals are just activities that are done with intention because they are meaningful to the person doing them. They allow people to be mindfully present in their days. And these rituals become so meaningful to adults’ daily routines; it is clear that everyday rituals children have can be carried with them into adulthood.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/everyday-rituals-children-will-carry-with-them-through-adulthood/
Sep 17, 2022
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
A study of school children conducted by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers has found that the majority of children with asthma also reported having allergic rhinitis, or hay fever. Symptoms of hay fever include runny nose, sneezing, congestion and sinus pressure, and can contribute to asthma. The study, led by Jessica Stern, M.D., an assistant professor in the department of Pediatrics and division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, found that children with both asthma and hay fever had worse asthma outcomes.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-hay-fever-school-children-worse.html
Sep 16, 2022
CNN – Matt Villano
Dr. Stuart Brown is an expert in having fun.
For more than 60 years, the 89-year-old psychiatrist and clinical researcher has studied the importance of play — in young and adult humans, as well as animals of all kinds.
Play is important for all of us on an instinctual level, his findings have suggested. In short, he believes we’re our best selves when we’re having fun.
Read More: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/health/play-fun-adult-mental-health-wellness/index.html
Sep 16, 2022
Moms – Sarah Zellner
Everyone at some point will experience anxiety. It is not always the same kind of anxiety, though. Sometimes it shows up before a big presentation, or when someone is scared or fearful of something; but does it go away? When anxiety doesn’t go away and becomes part of a person’s everyday life, it is then that there might be a problem.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/what-teen-anxiety-looks-like/
Sep 15, 2022
CNN – Elissa Strauss
One might hope that children’s capacity for boredom would be matched by an appetite for all things new — if only parenting were so easy. Trying new things is difficult for many children, whether a different food, activity or skill. They like what they know, and they know what they like.
The pandemic didn’t help.
Read More: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/health/help-children-develop-confidence-wellness/index.html
Sep 15, 2022
Baton Rouge Clinic – Staff Writer
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the U.S., and it is becoming more serious by the day. Over 30% of children are currently considered overweight or obese, making it the most common chronic disease of childhood.
Being overweight as a child not only has negative consequences at a young age, but sets the stage for other health problems to develop later in life, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
One way to combat obesity in children and to set the stage for kids to develop healthy lifelong habits is to encourage them to be more physically active. But how much exercise do kids actually need?
Read More: https://batonrougeclinic.com/how-much-exercise-do-kids-need/
