child development

Lifestyle changes such as exercise in fathers are important to give their children a healthy start.

Children get less sleep when mothers have less work flexibility but if flexibility is increased, then their children sleep better.

Vitamin D promotes weight loss in obese children mitigating the risk of serious health conditions in the future.

Fussy eaters cause both mothers and fathers to respond with non-responsive strategies and behaviours out of concern for their children.

A traditional diet and lifestyle increases the diversity of gut microbiota in children but not in adults.

Depending on gender and age, children have a different preference for how their meal should be served.

Talking to children at an early age develops their language skills regardless of their socioeconomic status.

Babies introduced to solid food earlier than six months sleep longer and wake less frequently.

Recess periods offer great benefits to children, but those benefits depend on the quality of recess experience.

As children get involved in more after-school activities, it impacts family life and the development of children.

An immature heart responds to BPA in the same way as an adult heart – with adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

When babies are briefly removed from their mothers, it alters the brain structure and significantly affects brain functioning in adulthood.