Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Insufficient Sleep In Children Causes Several Bad Behaviors And Poor Health!




A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle profile among children and adolescents. Read more...


Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time.
November 13, 2018, American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Monday, September 17, 2018

Household Cleaners Could Be Making Children Overweight By Changing Their Gut Biome!




"Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests." Read more...


Household disinfectants could be making kids overweight, study says. By Susan Scutti, CNN.
Updated 12:15 AM ET, Mon September 17, 2018



Depression In Children May Look Different Than In Adults!



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"When we think of a depressed person, we tend to think of someone who, well, acts sad. The picture we have in our head is of someone who doesn’t want to get off the couch or out of bed, who is eating much less or much more than usual, has trouble sleeping or wants to sleep all the time, who has trouble with usual daily activities, and doesn’t talk much." Read more...


In children and teens, depression doesn’t always look like sadness Updated March 14, 2018, 11:53 am.Claire McCarthy, MD. Harvard Health Publishing.