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Disney junk-food ad ban latest move to slim U.S. kids
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jun 05 12
Media and entertainment giant Walt Disney Co’s new steps to limit junk food advertising on TV shows geared toward children is the latest salvo…
Despite obesity rise, kids’ blood pressure dipped: U.S. study
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Jun 05 12
The rate of childhood obesity in the United States may have soared between the 1970s and the 1990s, but children’s blood pressure did not…
Day care program no help for at risk-kids’ siblings
• Children's Health • Jun 05 12
The younger siblings of kids who went through a preschool education program that included home visits and day care didn’t do any better on…
Babies fed soy formula develop as well as others
• Children's Health • Jun 01 12
One-year-olds raised on breast milk, regular formula or soy formula seem to fare equally well in brain development, a new study suggests.
Past studies…
Pediatricians raise caution on sensory-based therapy
• Children's Health • May 28 12
Occupational therapy for kids who are over- or under-sensitive to sound, touch or other senses could help improve their symptoms - but parents and…
Friend groups may encourage kids to be more active
• Children's Health • May 28 12
Kids in after-school programs often increase their own physical activity if they make friends who run and jump around more than they do, a…
Physical Education Is Good for Kids’ Grades, Study Finds
• Children's Health • May 27 12
Boosting students’ levels of physical education improves their grades, a new, small study says.
Swedish researchers followed more than 200 schoolchildren, starting from first…
C-Section Babies Face High Obesity Risk
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 25 12
A new study has found that babies born by Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese by the age of three…
Half overweight teens have heart risk
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 12
Half the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and…
Breast-fed babies’ gut microbes contribute to healthy immune systems
• Children's Health • • Immunology • May 21 12
A new multi-university study reports that differences in bacterial colonization of the infant gut in formula-fed and breast-fed babies lead to changes in the…
Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 20 12
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children…
Bluetooth baby
• Children's Health • • Heart • May 17 12
Checking the heart of the unborn baby usually involves a stethoscope. However, an inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has now…
Children at risk as “button” battery use grows: study
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • May 14 12
Children face a growing risk from “button” batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past…
Kids’ TV time tied to unhealthy food choices
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 09 12
Kids and teens who watch a lot of television are less likely to get their fruits and veggies and more likely to snack on…
Kids with cerebral palsy may benefit from video game play
• Children's Health • • Neurology • May 07 12
Like their healthy peers, children with disabilities may spend too much time in front of a video screen. For children with cerebral palsy (CP),…
Why underweight babies become obese
• Children's Health • • Obesity • May 02 12
It seems improbable that a baby born underweight would be prone to obesity, but it is well documented that these children tend to put…
New Report Shows 15 Million Babies Born Too Soon Every Year
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • May 02 12
The first-ever national, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth reveals that 15 million babies are born too soon every year and 1.1 million…
Children with juvenile arthritis have higher rates of bacterial infection
• Children's Health • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Apr 30 12
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have higher rates of hospitalized bacterial infection than children without JIA according to an observational study appearing in…
More babies born to painkiller-addicted moms
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • Apr 30 12
A baby is born every hour with signs of opiate drug withdrawal, according to a new U.S. study - and the number of newborns…
Black Children Less Likely to Get Pain Meds in ER
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 30 12
Black children seen in the emergency department for abdominal pain are less likely to receive pain medication than white children, according to a new…
Racial differences found in care of children in ED
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 28 12
Black children are less likely than white children to receive medication for abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) even when they report severe…
Low-income moms under stress may overfeed infants
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Apr 28 12
Efforts to prevent obesity among low-income infants should focus not only on what babies are being fed but also the reasons behind unhealthy feeding…
Better health in adulthood starts with early prevention in childhood
• Children's Health • Apr 28 12
Preventing chronic diseases and disorders that begin in infancy will improve the health of children and adults, according to research being presented on Saturday,…
Is the obesity tide turning among preschoolers?
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 25 12
In eastern Massachusetts, the number of kids under age six who are obese declined significantly in recent years - a trend that might be…
Obesity rates declining among Massachusetts infants and toddlers
• Children's Health • • Obesity • Apr 24 12
Researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found a drop in obesity rates among Massachusetts infants and preschoolers, reports the Boston Globe.
The…