A three-year intervention designed to reduce weight gain in overweight and obese Latino children generated improvements in body mass index and many other health measures during the trial's initial two years, according to ...
Apr 30, 2021
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More than a quarter of American infants in 2018 had not received common childhood vaccines that protect them from illnesses such as polio, tetanus, measles, mumps and chicken pox, new research from the University of Virginia ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Alcoholic drinks will be prohibited in French parks and other outdoor public spaces as part of the new limited nationwide lockdown to stem the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday.
Apr 1, 2021
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Does higher income for family households lead to lower youth obesity rates? A new study by a Penn State researcher suggests the answer is no.
Mar 22, 2021
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Screening tools for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often fail to identify ASD among children from low-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups, particularly when English is not the family's primary language. A new ...
Mar 17, 2021
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While physical activity is important for everyone, research has shown people with developmental disabilities do not exercise as often as their typically developed peers. In an effort to close this disparity, a researcher ...
Feb 26, 2021
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Low-income families have a high awareness of healthy diets but can't afford good quality and nutritious food, new research shows.
Feb 23, 2021
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Parent education programs and interventions that begin shortly after the birth of a child have shown to significantly impact parenting behaviors that support social and academic engagement for children growing up in poverty, ...
Feb 19, 2021
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By now, we have a relatively good general understanding of COVID-19's physiological effects on children and teens: Compared to adults, fewer young people have gotten the virus, and those infected generally tend to have milder ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Staying put during the pandemic is hard enough without additional stressors. But for some in Houston, COVID-19 exacerbated situations that already presented challenges.
Jan 26, 2021
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