Kids not negatively impacted by weight management programs
Weight management programs for overweight children do not negatively impact body satisfaction, research shows.
Published in Appetite, researchers at Monash University investigated changes in body perception and satisfaction in overweight and obese children aged five to...
Parental History of Suicide Attempt Associated with Increased Risk in Kids
A suicide attempt by a parent increased the odds nearly 5-fold that a child would attempt suicide, according to a report published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Other studies have established that suicidal behaviour can run in...
Parents’ BMI Decreases with Child Involved in School-Based, Community Obesity Intervention
Parents of children involved in an elementary school-based community intervention to prevent obesity appear to share in in its health benefits. A new analysis of Shape Up Somerville: Eat Smart Play Hard™ shows an...
Smart seat to rescue kids left in cars
Summer brings a greater risk of babies or toddlers left unattended in cars – sometimes with devastating consequences.
For example, last summer Ambulance Victoria paramedics rescued an average of four children a day from cars.
To...
Community-based program for troubled teens halves crime rates
An innovative community based program aimed at engaging and upskilling troubled teenagers has halved juvenile crime rates in Armidale NSW over a seven year period, new research from UNSW, University of New England and...
Addressing the mental health needs of children with intellectual disability
Research to improve the wellbeing of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities or autism, and their families, has been presented at the MIND-IT Research Group conference in Melbourne.
The research team, supported by the Monash Warwick...
E-cigarettes surpass tobacco cigarettes among teens
In 2014, more teens use e-cigarettes than traditional, tobacco cigarettes or any other tobacco product—the first time a U.S. national study shows that teen use of e-cigarettes surpasses use of tobacco cigarettes.
These findings come...
Helping parents understand infant sleep patterns
Most parents are not surprised by the irregularity of a newborn infant's sleep patterns, but by six months or so many parents wonder if something is wrong with their baby or their sleeping arrangements...
How computer learning can improve HSC science results
Students who used school-issued laptop computers at school and home perform better in their HSC science exams than those not given the computers, research from the University of Sydney has shown.
"While improvements are small...
Domestic abuse may affect children in womb
Domestic violence can affect children even before they’re born, indicates new research by Michigan State University scientists.
The study is the first to link abuse of pregnant women with emotional and behavioural trauma symptoms in...
