It’s an age-old problem: kids not eating their vegetables. Nine out of 10 children still don’t eat enough vegetables, according to the CDC.
In an effort to try to fix the problem the government updated its nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program […]
A technique to increase the flow of blood from the umbilical cord into the infant’s circulatory system improves blood pressure and red blood cell levels in preterm infants delivered by cesarean section, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
The […]
We know exercise benefits children’s growing bodies. But a study originally published in 2014 finds that exercise may help children’s minds too.
Researchers randomly assigned 221 children, aged 7 to 9, to either an after-school program with plenty of physical activity or a wait-list […]
A 2015 study published online in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that children with autism tend to have more gastrointestinal problems early in life compared to other children.
Researchers compared incidents of diarrhea, constipation and food allergy/intolerance during the first three years of life among […]
The first national survey of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), published in the Journal of Pediatrics in 2015, shows that nearly half of pre-schoolers are on medication for the condition, and more than a fifth are receiving neither of the recommended therapies. […]