Mobility plays important role in development for toddlers with disabilities
Typical toddlers simultaneously spend about three hours a day in physical activity, play and engagement with objects such as toys, while their peers with mobility disabilities are less likely to engage in all of...
Rewarding children with food could lead to emotional eating
Parents who use food as a reward or a treat, could be unintentionally teaching their children to rely on food to deal with their emotions. These children may be more likely to ‘emotionally eat’...
Whole-of-government approach to family violence offers hope
Social work and human services lecturers Dr Andreia Schineanu and Ms Robin Harvey in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga say addressing family and domestic violence needs a whole-of-government...
How to avoid bringing up fussy eaters
Babies and toddlers who try a wide range of fruit and vegetables around 12 to 14 months of age will be less fussy eaters by the age of 3.7 years and like and eat...
Body movement is more critical to a child’s learning than once thought
Body movement can boost children’s learning, especially when integrated into the classroom as part of a learning task.
Children who physically act out a new concept learn more and have better academic outcomes, new research...
Flu vaccine: 2016 seasonal influenza vaccines for use in children
From the age of 6 months
For the 2016 influenza season, the following trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccines will be registered and available for use in children from the age of 6 months:
BGP Products -...
Healthy children’s foods hard to find
More than 60% of children’s food products marketed as “healthier” choices should fall into the same category as cakes, sweet biscuits and soft drinks, according to researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
The...
Healthy children's foods hard to find
More than 60% of children’s food products marketed as “healthier” choices should fall into the same category as cakes, sweet biscuits and soft drinks, according to researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
The...
Setting girls up for success in physical activity
Increasing research shows that girls lag behind boys in their movement skills, balance and physical activity and that the gender gap only widens as girls get older.
A new UniSA research study is seeking to...
How much sugar is in your child’s fruit drink?
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and colleagues from Action on Sugar have assessed the sugar content of over 200 fruit drinks marketed at children and have found them to be “unacceptably high”.
The research,...
