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Hunger has historically been linked to malnutrition and is a particular concern for lower to middle-income countries where hunger may be the leading cause of mortality for children. However, vitamin and mineral deficiencies can also occur in those who are overweight and obese who have nutrient-poor but energy-dense diets, which has been coined “hidden hunger”. …
A new analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that 68 percent of Chicago children under age six live in households with tap water containing detectable levels of lead. For their analysis, the researchers used machine learning, an artificial intelligence technique, to gauge likely levels of lead in …
Advances in mobile technology have made it so that we can take devices loaded with interwebs, information, videos, movies, and music with us everywhere. Not surprisingly technology for sound is also evolving with these devices enabling us to listen more discreetly with minor distractions, going from big clunky headphones to streamlined models and now earbuds …
Press Release Highlights: A clinical trial in China in collaboration with Mass Eye and Ear investigators showcased the recovery of hearing for individuals suffering from a type of inherited deafness, DFNB9. Five of six children treated demonstrated hearing recovery and improvements in speech recognition. No dose-limiting toxicities were reported. The trial, which began in December …
Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences covers aspects from both inside and outside of home life and wellness such as cooking, cleaning/hazards, food groups/nutrition, consumer literacy, family finance/budgets, healthy lifestyles, gardening, and sewing among other helpful life skills, used to be taught from middle school through high school and were required to graduate. Unfortunately, most schools …
Wearable technologies have come a long way, as such newer smartwatches may be able to help physicians detect and diagnose irregular heart rhythms among adults and children, according to a recent study from the Stanford School of Medicine published in Communications Medicine. Findings from this study come from a survey of electronic medical records for …
Long-term consumption of water with fluoride levels far above established drinking water standards may be linked to cognitive impairments in children, according to a new pilot study from Tulane University. The study, published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology, was conducted in rural Ethiopia where farming communities use wells with varying levels of naturally occurring …
A new study carried out at Aston University found that children as young as four eat 79% more calories on average when they are bored Children with more emotional temperaments whose parents used food to soothe them ate five times more calories when bored It is the first study to link children’s emotions and parental …
Exercise is known to help relieve stress in adults, but less is known regarding children, and now a study from the University of Basel published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport has found that school children also cope better with stress if they get plenty of daily exercise. For this study, 110 …
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of life around the globe, drastically diminishing the state of population health worldwide. One concerning trend that has emerged is a significant increase in children and adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) since the start of the pandemic. Some researchers have hypothesized that infection with severe …