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...
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero
The time babies spend in the womb is far from idle. The brain is changing more rapidly during this time than at any other time in development. It is an active time for the...
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)...
How ADHD affects pregnancy outcomes in women and their babies
Women on medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should not stop treatment without consulting a doctor, say the authors of a new study examining pregnancy outcomes among women treated with ADHD medications.
Published in...
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...
Plans for children often derailed by chronic illness
More than four million Australian women of childbearing age are living with chronic conditions like diabetes, cystic fibrosis and asthma, and many are not aware of the implications their illness has for childbearing, according...
