How early-life challenges affect how children focus, face the day
Adversity early in life tends to affect a child's executive function skills—their ability to focus, for example, or organize tasks.
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Adversity early in life tends to affect a child's executive function skills—their ability to focus, for example, or organize tasks.
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After 20 years of rapid increases in life expectancy at birth, the rate of growth in Australia is now falling behind most other high-income nations, meaning better control of health risk factors such as obesity will be needed ...
May 20, 2019
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New research, published in the research journal Obesity, has found that people on lower incomes may be more likely to have obesity due to psychological distress that gives rise to emotional eating to cope.
May 8, 2019
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Disparities in young children's experiences at the dentist are linked to income, ethnicity and language, according to a new study from the University of California, Irvine. Published in Academic Pediatrics, it found that ...
May 3, 2019
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Parental engagement is one of the most important factors in a child's development, yet it varies dramatically based on socioeconomic advantage.
Apr 22, 2019
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Children in households with uncertain access to nutritious food are twice as likely to have low self-esteem and less likely to believe they can make healthy choices, new research shows.
Apr 10, 2019
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Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Apr 2, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Children from lower-income households are more likely to report recent childhood gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses but are less likely to miss any school days, according to research published in the ...
Mar 8, 2019
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At least one in five students with ADHD receive no school services despite experiencing significant academic and social impairment, a gap particularly evident for adolescents and youth from non-English-speaking and/or lower-income ...
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(HealthDay)—Minority medical students report a variety of barriers to applying for a dermatology residency, according to a research letter published online Jan. 9 in JAMA Dermatology.
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