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Swedish Teens with More Folic Acid in Diet Show Better Grades Click Here for Childrens Holistic Health Services A small study conducted with Swedish teenagers has shown that those whose diets had more folic acid (a B vitamin) got better school grades than others with lower folic acid levels. The research was published in the [...] Behavior Problems in Children and Second-hand Smoke at Home Children who come from households where second-hand smoke is present may have a greater risk of behavior and learning problems than kids from non-smoking homes, according to a new study which has appeared in the journal Pediatrics . The US study examined 55,000-plus children under the [...] A recent French study suggests that young children are more responsive than adults to others’ facial expressions while eating. They’re more likely to want a given food after seeing a picture of someone looking happy while eating it. The small research project studied the responses of 120 adults and children. The subjects were shown photos [...] In late March, 2011 the US Department of Agriculture announced greatly expanded funding for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for the nation’s schools. The funds — $158 million for the 2011/2012 school year, a $48 million increase over the previous year’s level – go to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, [...] Bed wetting (Enuresis) commoner in boys. Nighttime bedwetting is a problem for about 5 out of every 100 kids, but according to a new study sponsored by the Journal of Pediatrics, it’s twice as common in boys as it is in girls. The study, conducted by scientists at Prince of Wales Hospital at the Chinese [...] Teens Become a Victim of Cigarette Makers Advertising… The Marlboro Man and other tobacco and smoking images can influence teenagers to start smoking, a recent study has shown.. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s statistics state that almost twenty-five percent of American high schoolers smoke. About a third of these will go [...] California Study: Extreme Obesity in Children Increases Esophagus Reflux Risk by 40 Percent Children who are extremely obese have a 40 percent greater likelihood of developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) than normal-weight children, according to a large-scale study completed earlier this year by managed-care insuror Kaiser Permanente of Oakland, California. Additional findings showed that moderately [...] Click here to learn more about Dr. Robert’s Digestive Health Services for Children Worsening Constipation in Children Though most doctors generally agree to treating mild constipation in some of the children they see, gastroenterologists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report what they believe is a current troubling trend of ever more children with more serious [...] According to recent studies, more then 1/3 of mothers and more than half of their infants had a vitamin D deficiency at the time of birth. Anne Merewood, Director of the Breastfeeding Center at Boston Medical Center, and her associates measured vitamin D levels in 433 women and 376 newborns just 72 hours after birth, [...] A recent report in Pediatrics showed that US kids have a raised risk of weak bones and possibly heart disease from deficient vitamin D levels. Far from parental “mega-dosing”, most children could see increased levels from just getting a little more sunshine. Dr. Michal L. Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the [...] |
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