21 minutes of daily walk could save your health
The program consisted of two 45-minute sessions per month, which promoted a healthy diet, physical activity, and proper sleep hygiene. According to a secondary analysis of a nonrandomized controlled trial, exercise is a crucial part of a family-based lifestyle intervention program designed to help youngsters shed fat. Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Ph.D., of the University of Granada […]
The study is published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. According to a recent study done by Linda Pagani, a professor at the School of Psycho-Education at the Université de Montréal, watching violent TV during the preschool years can increase the risk of psychological and academic damage later on, the summer before middle school […]
A simple screening tool based on cough, wheeze, and medication use flagged asthma risk in 3-year-olds with greater accuracy than standard strategies, researchers reported. The Childhood Asthma Risk Tool (CHART) outperformed specialists’ assessments and the modified Asthma Predictive Index (mAPI) for predicting asthma diagnosis by age 5 in one cohort and was validated for prediction […]
Study adds to the growing body of evidence linking diabetes and enterovirus Enterovirus is a family of viruses that causes many of the upper respiratory symptoms that children face throughout the year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year enteroviruses cause approximately 10 to 15 million infections each year. Enteroviruses circulate throughout communities […]
The study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, is one of only a few to investigate the associations between gestational age at term (37-41 weeks) and a diagnosis or symptoms of ADHD. It is the first to include reports from teachers. ADHD, which affects more than 10 percent of U.S. school-age children, according to the […]
