childhood obesity The term obesity is associated with overweight individuals. It is basically an epidemic problem of abnormal accumulation of neutral body fat as compared to body size. It has become more prevalent in young age especially children now a days. Children are heavier today than they were 20 years ago. The overweight children looks Read more
There are many issues related to health, education and futures which are being look forwarded by parents when they have the children. But this is not an ideal world and everyday parents and children deal with such conditions which can change their lives. Autism is one of those serious conditions which raise many questions about Read more
How many kids develop life threatening conditions with the intake of excessive breast milk? Researchers of U.K are going to launch a study to reveal it. The data of neonates, admitted in hospital due to dehydration, would be gathered all across United Kingdom. Although, intense hypernatraemia dehydration (a condition which develops, when serum sodium concentration Read more
Infant death rate from obstruct of suffocation have increased fourfold in the past twenty years in U.S. alone, most of the victim are those who used to sleep with their parents, government researchers reported. Most affected babies were black males but why, the reason is still unknown, researchers at the U.S Centers for Disease Control Read more
New research has shown that, teenagers who engaged themselves in moderate physical activity, has better metabolism and burn more calories than their inactive age-fellows, a truth that provide protection against type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes develops when the insulin in body fails to regulate blood-sugar, causing blood sugar levels to rise. The disorder is Read more
Infants exposed to high concentration of testosterone hormone in the womb are more likely to develop autistic characteristics in childhood, a study reported. Researchers recorded testosterone levels of fetus in the amniotic fluid of 235 pregnant women. Then they made the comparative study of the questionnaires, considered to measure children’s autistic characters between the ages Read more
A new study finds that nearly 75% type1 diabetic kids and teens have vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency often becomes the cause of osteoporosis and other bone diseases particularly those who suffer from type1 diabetes. Though our skin can produce vitamin D in sunlight and many diets are replete with this vitamin, scientists say Read more
Mother’s breastfeeding could have a constructive influence on behavior, in early childhood, according to results of a study presented Wednesday at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in San Diego. In the study, parents of 1 to 5 year old children, who were breastfed as infants were 15 percent less likely to report concern Read more