Topic: Children'S Health

Teeter-totter approach to fitness

F or all of its studies, commissions, focus groups and countless efforts to combat childhood obesity, the province has miles to go in delivering a ...

40% of NYC students are too fat: study

A shocking number of young city students are overweight or obese - with about half the youngsters in some zip codes tipping the scales too heavily...
School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with...
A baby's weight, height and head circumference can be compared with other babies of the same age by placing them on a percentile scale. For...

Local woman will have head shaved on national TV

Cancer Awareness Month in September, the benefit is sponsored by the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which provides more in childhood cancer research...

Some preemie babies 'give up' to blunt repeated pain

Jabbing needles into the tiny heels of premature babies is proportionally like sticking a butcher knife into an adult foot.. . . . Premature babies...
theodp writes "The winners of the childhood obesity infographic design contest sponsored by GOOD and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move...
Calling media portrayals of sex "unhealthy," the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines calling on all media outlets to...
Analyst at Citigroup, Inc's (NYSE: C) equities research division gave shares of HJ Heinz Co (NYSE: HNZ) a “buy” rating with a price target of $4.00...
Researchers from across the US, as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group, established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile...