Kids’ eating habits highlight need for healthier lunchboxes
New research from the University of Adelaide shows children aged 9-10 years old are receiving almost half of their daily energy requirements from "discretionary" or junk foods.
The study evaluated the core food intake of...
Kids' eating habits highlight need for healthier lunchboxes
New research from the University of Adelaide shows children aged 9-10 years old are receiving almost half of their daily energy requirements from "discretionary" or junk foods.
The study evaluated the core food intake of...
How much booze are parents buying for their kids?
Although 74% of Australian 14-year-olds have tried alcohol, parents have cut down markedly on purchasing booze for their children.
Associate Professor Adrian Kelly of The University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research analysed...
Pattern learning key to children’s language development
A new study reveals children's language development is a learnt skill and is intricately linked to their ability to recognise patterns in their environment.
Conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and Australian National...
Pattern learning key to children's language development
A new study reveals children's language development is a learnt skill and is intricately linked to their ability to recognise patterns in their environment.
Conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and Australian National...
Harm from spanking confirmed by analysis of five decades of research
The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behaviour, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of...
Nurturing during preschool years boosts child’s brain growth
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates children with supportive mothers during preschool experience a more significant increase in the volume of the hippocampus during the period from school...
Factors affecting father-to-infant attachment
Researchers from the Jean Hailes Research Unit (JHRU) at SPHPM have had their study on father-to-infant attachment at six months postpartum published in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.
Research Fellow Dr Karen Wynter...
Keeping participants in community sport
Victoria’s grassroots sport clubs are not addressing high churn rates among members in key demographic groups, a Victoria University researcher has found.
Associate Professor Rochelle Eime studied data from the state’s most popular organised sports...
Raising men’s awareness of effects on children exposed to domestic violence
Far greater investment in training programs designed specifically to raise awareness of the harms experienced by children exposed to family violence is needed, according to new research.
A research team from the University of Tasmania's...
