Search Results for 'Child'

Junk food ads aimed at children set to stay

The communications watchdog has been accused of ignoring the growing problem of childhood obesity after it decided against strengthening rules governing junk food advertising on television. Under a review of television standards, a ban on a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Children affected by father's depression, says study

The children of fathers with mental health disorders such as depression are more likely to develop anxiety, alcoholism and psychiatric problems, according to new research. Sons are more at risk than daughters, the Oxford University research [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

When it comes to feeding children, forget the usual food rul...

At a wedding last year I had an embarrassing experience. Offering to hold a couple's seven-month-old baby, I let the child pick up my bread roll and put it in her mouth. A state of emergency was declared. "We aren't letting her try sol [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Researcher Children getting wrong message over healthy eatin...

The Government's recent decision to allow the sale of fat-laden pies and sausage rolls, and sugar-filled drinks in schools is sending the wrong message to children and parents, says health researcher Caroline Shaw. She has joined criticism [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Health officials Levittown child, 10, died of flu

The weekend death of a Levittown elementary school student was likely caused by the flu and is the first childhood death attributed to influenza on Long Island in the five years since public health agencies have been required to report pedi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Parents who smoke impact children's decision to smoke

Parents who smoke may be unknowingly influencing their adolescent children to try smoking as well, research in the February issue of Pediatrics indicates.If youth had tobacco exposure prior to becoming teenagers, they were even more likely [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Childhood stress 'can damage immune system and long-term hea...

Teenagers who had suffered bereavement or spent time in care as children were more likely to have depleted immune systems, scientists found, than others who did not experience that kind of trauma at a young age. Prof Chris Coe, the Unive [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Mother's junk food 'harms child'

Eating a poor diet when pregnant or breastfeeding may cause long-lasting health damage to the child, animal studies suggest. The offspring of rats fed fatty, processed food had high levels of fat in their bloodstream and around major organs [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Half children in deprived areas 'have speech problems'

Up to half of children in deprived parts of Britain have significant speech problems, a groundbreaking review said Tuesday, adding that the problem is currently too low a priority for the government. The report into language and speech ser [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

India children's health 'ignored'

More than half of Indian children under the age of five do not get the health care they need, according to a report by Save the Children. It ranks India alongside Ghana when it comes to providing basic health care to its children under fi [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Overweight children face premature heart attacks, strokes

A growing epidemic of childhood obesity worldwide will lead to an increase of premature heart attacks and strokes, say two studies out today.The very different studies offer twin perspectives on the potential impact of childhood obesity.One [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Honey is better than childrens cough syrups for a silent nig...

Natural honey is a more effective remedy for children’s coughs than over-the-counter medicines, researchers say. A dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime easily outperformed a cough suppressant in a US study.Honey did a better job of [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Childlessness Bothers Men More Then Women

Women are more comfortable with the idea of childlessness than men, new research shows, and the surprise finding might really reflect differences in how each gender views th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2007 | Comments : 0

Depression Up In Young Children

A generation ago, the idea of depression among preschoolers and elementary school-age children was virtually unheard of. It was a diagnosis professionals such as Dr. Brett Greenberger, associate medical director of the MSA Child and Adolesc [...]