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8 Benefits Of Outdoor Activities For Children

29 Jan 2025

8 Benefits Of Outdoor Activities For Children’s Mental And Physical Health

8 Benefits Of Outdoor Activities For Children: It not only improves the physical fitness of the child, but also assists in mental development and nurturing social skills

cancer awareness

21 Sep 2024

6 Early Signs Of Cancer In Youngsters And How To Prevent It

Recognizing that cancer can also affect children and young adults is essential for promoting early detection and improving treatment outcomes.

Children's health

22 Mar 2018

Drugs prescribed to hospitalized children are often inappropriate: Study

These patterns contradict current recommendations for appropriate prophylactic antibiotic use.

09 Mar 2018

Even 'safe' levels of pollution can slow down brain growth in kids

According to the European Union, 25 µg/m3 is the safe level of fine particle.

Children's health

07 Mar 2018

Soft-drinks vs lassi: Why kids choose junk food decoded

Childhood obesity continues to be a significant public health concern globally, even occurring simultaneously with food insecurity in many countries.

Children's health

07 Mar 2018

Babies resembling their fathers become healthier: Study

The study has implications regarding the role of a father's time in enhancing child health, especially in fragile families.

Children's health

05 Mar 2018

Kids allergic to cow's milk may have lower weight, height

The study showed children who are allergic to cow's milk had lower mean weight and height when compared with kids who are allergic to peanuts and tree nuts.

01 Mar 2018

Checking unhealthy habits in teenage years may reduce obesity risk later

The study found that the calorie intake among adolescents has not changed, but habits such as exercising, smoking, drug use and alcohol consumption have increased over time.

Children's health

26 Feb 2018

Excessive touchscreen use hampers kids' ability to hold pencils: Experts

Increasing numbers of children may be developing handwriting late because of an overuse of technology.

24 Feb 2018

A greener habitat can help boost children's brain development: Study

Green spaces are said to provide children with opportunities for psychological restoration and prompt exercises in discovery, creativity, and risk-taking the researchers said.

19 Feb 2018

Post stroke, babies use opposite side of brain for language

The study found that all the individuals studied, aged 12 to 25, who had a left-brain perinatal stroke, used the right side of their brains for language.

Children's health

09 Feb 2018

Ball games can boost bone health in school children

For the study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers examined bone and muscle health in 295 school children over a whole school year.

06 Feb 2018

Parents, take note! Video games, Legos may boost kids' science, math skills

The study, published in the journal Geosphere, surveyed hundreds of undergraduate students and found a huge spread in their spatial skills.

05 Feb 2018

'Most Indians concerned about poor lighting harming kids' eyesight'

The survey pointed out that nearly half of all Indian parents worry that their child will need spectacles in future.

01 Feb 2018

Falling IQ level in childhood may up schizophrenia risk later

However, not all children struggling at school are at risk of developing serious psychiatric disorders, the researchers said in a paper, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

15 Jan 2018

Bullied kids at high risk of suicidal behaviour

Researchers assessed children, based on self-reporting about peer victimisation, at ages 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13 years.

02 Jan 2018

Children who eat at restaurants have extra body fat, risk of heart disease: Study

Children who ate more takeaway meals had higher total and LDL cholesterol and body fat.

28 Dec 2017

Worried about your child's eyesight? Encourage them to play outdoors

According to experts, lack of natural light is the key behind poor eyesight.

food adulteration

27 Dec 2017

Beware! Adulterated milk may cause abortions and deformities in babies

Cattle are fed with many steroids and hormonal injections to boost the delivery of milk production.

22 Dec 2017

Parents, take note! Feeding fish to your kids once a week can improve sleep, IQ

While omega-3 fatty acids found in fish have previously been shown to improve intelligence and sleep which in turn improves IQ, this is the first time all three have been linked together.

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