New blood test could be an early warning for child diabetes
A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type two diabetes, liver and heart […]
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A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type two diabetes, liver and heart […]
Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to a study that will be presented at the […]
Misconceptions about dyslexia are held by professionals who assess children for the learning difficulty, according to a new study which calls for evidence-based standardised assessment procedures. The research, […]
Children’s exposure to food and drink ads during kids’ TV shows has dropped substantially since food and beverage makers pledged to stop advertising unhealthy fare during children’s TV […]
A staggering 60 percent of infant and toddler foods fail to meet nutritional recommendations, and none meet promotional requirements set by World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to […]
Children and adolescents (ages 3-19) worldwide consumed on average 23% more sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) in 2018 than they did in 1990, researchers reported on August 7, 2024 […]
Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol has found. The study found that UPF […]
There’s limited evidence to back up the widespread and increasing rates of prescribing mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) as the mainstay of mental health treatment for children and young people, […]
Since 2009, U.S. high school seniors have reported steep declines in medical use, misuse and availability of the three most commonly prescribed and misused controlled substances for teens, […]
Daily sugar intake fell by around 5 g in children and by around 11 g in adults in the 12 months following the introduction of the UK’s ‘sugar […]
A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state’s […]
A new study that looked for relationships between early social media use and depression across adolescence and into young adulthood found that certain factors may make social media […]
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