Health
Setting preschoolers on an active path
(HealthDay)—Physical activity is closely linked to development of a child's mental skills—ones essential to academic success and navigating challenges they'll face throughout life.
Feb 12, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
New insight on relationship between parents, preschoolers and obesity
While sugary drinks, lack of exercise and genetics contribute to a growing number of overweight American children, new research from Washington State University reveals how a mom's eating habits and behavior at the dinner ...
Feb 8, 2013
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Overweight & Obesity
Parent and child must get enough sleep to protect against child obesity
Is sleep one of your most important family values? A new University of Illinois study suggests that it should be, reporting that more parental sleep is related to more child sleep, which is related to decreased child obesity.
Jun 9, 2014
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Medical research
Research suggests anesthetics could have long-term impact on children's brains
A group of anesthesiologists and toxicologists today issued a caution to parents and health care professionals about the use of general anesthetics in children.
Feb 26, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores what motivates preschoolers to prepare for the future
Adults find it particularly easy to prepare for the future when they imagine how they will feel. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have investigated whether this is also the case with preschoolers.
May 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deworming shows growth similar to placebo in pre-school children in Peru
The three intestinal worms: roundworm (Ascaris), whipworm (Trichuris) and hookworm, cause infections and diseases that are among the most common neglected tropical diseases in the developing world. They spread through contaminated ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children detect a speaker's politeness both through intonation and facial expression
Gesture and prosody (stress, rhythm and intonation) play an important role in the development of children's communication skills. Studies have traditionally focused rather on the role played by these elements in the early ...
Feb 11, 2020
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Neuroscience
Understanding others: By age three, we can do this with mirror neurons
By the age of three, children are capable of understanding others, "mirroring" those they are with to imitate and anticipate their intentions. They are able to do it thanks to the sophisticated neurofunctional architecture ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Pediatrics
Fewer meals eaten in front of television after intervention
(HealthDay)—A brief primary care intervention for preschool-aged children and their parents reduces the number of meals eaten in front of the television but does not reduce overall screen time or body mass index (BMI), ...
Nov 5, 2012
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Pediatrics
Home visiting programme can dramatically reduce child abuse in the longer term, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Latest research from the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) shows the Early Start home visiting programme halved rates of physical abuse against children and lowered non-accidental hospital visits ...
Nov 13, 2012
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