Lifelong exercise holds key to cognitive well-being
A study by researchers at King’s College London highlights a link between lifelong exercise and improved brain function in later life.
The study found that regular intensive lifelong exercise as a child and adult improved...
Cancer doesn’t change young girl’s desire to have children
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that healthy adolescent females have predetermined expectations for becoming parents in the future, but have concerns about fertility and childbearing should they develop a life-threatening...
Cancer doesn't change young girl's desire to have children
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that healthy adolescent females have predetermined expectations for becoming parents in the future, but have concerns about fertility and childbearing should they develop a life-threatening...
There is too much salt in kids’ food
In an era where manufacturers are meant to be reducing salt levels in processed food, a CHOICE review of kids’ food has found unacceptably high-levels of salt in a raft of products, including breakfast...
There is too much salt in kids' food
In an era where manufacturers are meant to be reducing salt levels in processed food, a CHOICE review of kids’ food has found unacceptably high-levels of salt in a raft of products, including breakfast...
Using computers early on great for preschoolers learning ABCs
Learning your A, B, C's could be as easy as using a computer regularly while you're young, a new study has found.
Researchers from the ARC Centre for Cognition and its Disorders at Macquarie University...
Children who avoid scary situations likelier to have anxiety
Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a Mayo Clinic study of more than 800 children ages 7 to 18 found. The study published this month in Behavior Therapy...
Short bouts of exercise boost self control
Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
The resulting increased blood and oxygen flow to the pre-frontal...
Improved Kids’ Health Check to begin
The Australian Government is providing $11 million over five years for the expanded Medicare Healthy Kids Check, to give parents the option of talking to a medical professional about health and wellbeing issues they’re...
Healthy eating program benefits students
An evaluation of the Federal Government’s Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program released today shows the real difference it has made to students around Australia.
The report shows that students involved in the program are...
