Exposure to traumatic events such as physical and emotional neglect, violence, and sexual abuse in childhood could result in adolescent depression and violence, says a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health (May). The first-of-its-type Global Early Adolescent Study, a collaborative project of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School […]
More than 50 percent of male parents believe they are judged harshly as parents, reveals a study published by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. The study which surveyed 713 male parents of children aged 0-13 years, asking them to answer questions about how criticism impacts their parenting choices, found that 52 percent […]
Personal care products such as shampoo, lotion and nail polish can be hazardous for young children, says a study published in Clinical Pediatrics (June), noting that over 64,600 children below five years of age were treated for injuries related to cosmetic products between 2002 and 2016 in US hospitals. The study conducted over a period […]
Parents need to only “get it right 50 percent of the time when responding to infants need for attachment” to have a positive impact on their development, says a study published in Child Development (May) by Lehigh University researcher Susan S. Woodhouse. An expert on infant attachment and an associate professor of […]
Vehicular pollution caused asthma in 350,000 children in India in 2015, reveals a study published in Lancet Planetary Health (April). The study, which surveyed 194 countries, says that India reported 350,000 pollution-related childhood asthma cases, second highest after China, where 760,000 cases were detected followed by the US (240,000), Indonesia (160,000) and Brazil (140,000). Researchers […]
Most children use too much toothpaste, and run the risk of having streaky or splotchy teeth as they get older, says an early February report of the US-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the report based on a survey of parents of 5,000 children aged 3-15 years, 40 percent of three-six-year-olds used […]
Almost half of childhood cancer cases worldwide go undiagnosed, says a team of Harvard University researchers who analysed data of the World Health Organisation. The report published in Nature (March) says that in 2015, 397,000 children under-15 globally were afflicted with cancer, and 43 percent of these cases were undiagnosed.
Only 9 percent of Indian children in the age group six to 24 months receive adequate nutrition, says Alok Kumar, advisor to the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, India’s government think tank.
“One-third of children in India are growing up stunted, and tackling malnutrition is a major challenge for India. The main reason […]
Believing that exposure to e-cigarette vape i.e, vapour, is safe for children, parents are increasingly vaping at home and in the car, reveals a study published in Pediatrics (March). The study conducted by the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA which surveyed 750 parents, found that 56 percent of both e-cigarette and dual users reported using e-cigarettes […]
Three in four parents are unaware that their teenage children have had recurrent suicidal thoughts, says a study conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. According to the study published in Pediatrics (January), adolescents usually deny thoughts of suicide when parents ask them about it.
Tobacco companies in India are targeting schoolchildren as young as eight years for sale of their products through strategic advertising and distribution, says a study released in early January by the NGOs Consumer Voice and Voluntary Health Association (VHA) of India. The study titled India Tiny Targets Report highlights that nearly half of vendors stationed […]
Schools with enhanced nutrition policies and programmes help reduce body mass index (BMI — a measure of obesity) and nurture healthier eating habits within children, says a study jointly conducted by Yale University’s School of Public Health and Connecticut University and published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (December). The study, based on a […]
Infants born to older men are at greater risk of premature birth, low birth weight and other neonatal problems, says a study published in the British Medical Journal (October).
The study conducted by Stanford University analysed data gathered by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention on more than 40 million live births between 2007 […]
Teens who talk excessively on the mobile phone and hold their phones close up to their right ear, score poorly in some memory tests, says a study (July) conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland.
The results suggest that memory impairment might be a side-effect of radiation from overuse of mobile phones. […]
A research study released by San Francisco-based non-profit Common Sense Media has found that teenagers are distracted from real-life interactions by social media apps such as Instagram and Snapchat. For the study titled Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal their Experiences, Common Sense Media interviewed more than 1,100 teens aged 13-17 years across the […]
Adolescents with behavioural and substance abuse problems are five times more likely to die prematurely than their peers, says a study published in the London-based journal Addiction (August). The study conducted by the University of Colorado, Boulder (USA) found that ‘conduct disorder,’ a mental health illness that involves aggressive anti-social behaviour, such as property destruction, […]
Adolescents who frequently use smartphones and other digital devices are more likely to develop symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reveals a research study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (July). The study focused on the impact of digital diversions, including social media, streaming video, text messaging, music downloads and online chatrooms, […]
The human brain values foods that are high in both fat and carbohydrates rather than those containing either fat or carbohydrates, says a study published in Cell Metabolism (June). This explains why humans are attracted to processed foods such as fries, sausages, bacon, ham and ready-to-eat meals. These foods tend to hijack the body’s inborn […]
Obese children who consume two glasses of any type of cow’s milk daily have lower fasting insulin, indicating better blood sugar control and low risk for diabetes and metabolic syndrome, says a study released in May by the University of Texas Health Science Centre, USA. Children who drank less than a cup of milk each […]
A new research study shows that baby wet wipes are likely to trigger childhood food allergies that may impact children’s quality of life. The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (April), reveals that a mix of environmental and genetic factors triggers food allergies in children. These factors include genes that alter […]
Learning music can help children perform better in academics, say researchers of VU University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The study published in the Frontiers in Neuroscience (February) found that structured music lessons significantly boost children’s cognitive capabilities, including language-based reasoning and short-term memory.
The researchers, together with a centre for arts education, studied 147 children in […]
Single fathers face more than double the risk of early death than single mothers and partnered parents, says a new study published in The Lancet Public Health (February). The study, conducted by the University of Toronto, highlights that single fathers tend to be older, with higher incidence of cancer, and prone to heart diseases. Poor […]
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