Feeding fussy eaters needn't be a battleground
An analysis of the worries of parents driven to desperation over their child’s ‘fussy’ eating who called the Child Health Line has revealed many parents view child feeding time as a battleground.
Holly Harris conducted...
Five tips to help you make the most of reading to your children
Reading to your child is one of the most successful ways of instilling a love of reading in them. But in our recent study, more than one-quarter of primary-school-aged respondents claimed they were never...
Students who are old for their grade more likely to go to uni
An ACU-led study has found that teens who are old for their grade appear to feel more confident about their academic abilities and are more likely to enrol in university than their younger peers.
The...
Antibiotics often inappropriately prescribed for hospitalized kids
Nearly a third of all antibiotics prescribed for hospitalized children globally were intended to prevent potential infections rather than to treat disease, according to the results of a worldwide survey published in the Journal...
Younger aged children with symptoms of ADHD show physical brain differences
Children as young as four years old with symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) showed reduced brain volumes in regions essential for behavioural control, according to a study published in the Journal of the International...
Children’s self-regulation of eating overpowered by junk food marketing
All children are susceptible to junk food advertising, regardless of how parents try to influence their eating habits. This key finding is from a study led by researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW)...
Poor asthma prescribing compromising health of children
An alarming number of children under five years of age are being prescribed asthma medication outside of national guidelines, new research shows.
The study, by medical researchers at UNSW and Sydney Children’s Hospital, was presented...
Call for national strategy on child injury prevention to curb rates of hospitalisation
A new decade-long study of preventable self-harm and assault hospitalised injuries of children aged 16 years or less was published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
In the largest study of...
Australian kids receive healthcare in line with guidelines 60% of the time
Landmark national CareTrack Kids study assessed the quality of healthcare delivered to children across 17 common clinical conditions
Australian-first national benchmarking study shows children receive care within guidelines on average 60 per cent of...
Study debunks fears of increased teen suicide risk from popular flu drug
A new study published by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that the drug oseltamivir, commonly known as Tamiflu, does not cause an increased risk of suicide in paediatric patients.
The U.S....
