Teens interested in healthy minds – and ripped bodies
Dreams of washboard abs and toned arms may seem to be the main motivation for the average teen to lace up their running shoes. But over 1,000 Montreal high school students disagree. Teens, it...
The benefits of wishes on seriously ill children and their parents
New research has shown that schemes that grant children with a life threatening illness a special wish have a positive impact on their and their family’s wellbeing.
The research also demonstrates that seeing the child...
Kids get more exercise in smart growth neighbourhoods
Children who live in "smart growth" neighborhoods - developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas - get 46% more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids...
What’s missing in teen health programs?
Adding a mental health component to school-based lifestyle programs for teens could be key to lowering obesity, improving grades, alleviating severe depression and reducing substance use, a new study suggests.
As a group, high-school students...
Commercial baby foods don’t meet infants’ weaning needs
UK commercial baby foods don’t meet infants’ dietary weaning needs, because they are predominantly sweet foods that provide little extra nutritional goodness over breast milk, indicates research published online in Archives of Disease in...
Antisocial texting by teens linked to bad behaviour
For American teenagers, most text messaging is as harmless as passing notes, but University of Texas at Dallas researchers have discovered that engaging in antisocial texting can actually predict deviant behavior.
On Monday, in the...
Why warnings may be ineffective at teaching young people about risks
Campaigns to get young people to stop smoking may be more successful by focusing on the positive benefits, such as having more money and better skin, rather than emphasising negative outcomes like increased disease...
Positive classroom interactions vital to pre-K learning
Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior associate director of the Peabody...
Undervaccination associated with increased risk of whooping cough
Undervaccination with the diptheria, tetanus toxoids and acelluar pertussis (DTaP) vaccine appears to be associated with an increased risk of pertussis (whooping cough) in children 3 to 36 months of age, according to a...
Parents’ genes may influence children’s back to school fears
Many parents may have noticed their children seemed on edge during their first week of school. They may have been agitated, withdrawn or more focused on themselves, rather than what was going on around...
