Only men have muscles: boys’ ideas of being a man
Schools are being urged to include both girls and boys in body image awareness, following a new Flinders University study which reveals boys believe they need to be big, strong and muscular to be...
Lifting the lid on the Qld lunchbox
The challenges faced by parents when preparing school lunchboxes are highlighted by a new study at Griffith University.
A survey of Queensland mums and dads shows vegetables are conspicuous by their absence from the typical...
Service helps mediate family break-ups
Family break-ups can be messy. Resolving disputes is often emotional, costly and despite good intentions the child's best interests get forgotten in the fight. A new QUT Family Mediation Service, being trialed in Brisbane by QUT...
Benefits of cultural diversity programs
A University of Melbourne survey funded by VicHealth has found one in five primary and high school students said they were daily targets of racism at school.
It also found the levels of racism may...
Families can play key role against bullying
A University of Queensland study has shown that families can be more effective in protecting children from bullying than school-based strategies alone.
The findings, to be published in the journal Behavior Therapy, show that parents...
Kids connect from Kin Kin to Sydney
Kin Kin State School students will be able to share work with kids from interstate and Sydney Theatre Company professionals through an innovative early childhood project being developed by CQUniversity lecturers Dr Sue Davis...
Caffeine affects boys and girls differently after puberty
Caffeine intake by children and adolescents has been rising for decades, due in large part to the popularity of caffeinated sodas and energy drinks, which now are marketed to children as young as four....
Family violence leaves genetic imprint on children
A new Tulane University School of Medicine study finds that the more fractured families are by domestic violence or trauma, the more likely that children will bear the scars down to their DNA.
Researchers discovered...
Children consuming a Mediterranean Diet are 15% less likely to be overweight
A study of 8 European countries presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Sofia, Bulgaria, shows that children consuming a diet more in line with the rules of the Mediterranean one...
One in four NSW school kids are overweight or obese
Nearly one in four New South Wales school children are overweight or obese according to a University of Sydney study reported in today's Medical Journal of Australia.
The new finding is the latest from a...
