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Breastfeeding duration and weaning diet may shape child's body composition

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Variations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to differences in growth and development, and they have independent influences on body composition in early childhood, according to a new study accepted for ...


Early childhood diet may influence future health

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you have trouble keeping weight off and you're wondering why - the surprising answer may well be the cheeseburgers you ate - when you were a toddler.





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Eating sweets every day in childhood 'increases adult aggression'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to new research.


Age at puberty linked to mother's prenatal diet

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created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing may lead to the child having an early onset of puberty and subsequent adulthood obesity, according to a new animal study. The results were presented Monday, June 16, at The Endocrine ...


Diet may eliminate spasms for infants with epilepsy

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating epilepsy condition affecting children aged typically 4-8 months. In a new study appearing in Epilepsia, researchers have found that the ketogenic diet, a high fat, l ...


Fishy diet in early infancy cuts eczema risk

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created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An infant diet that includes fish before the age of 9 months curbs the risk of developing eczema, indicates research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.


Study says kids are eating too much salt

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created Sep 08, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study of British children and teenagers shows a significant association of salt intake with systolic blood pressure.


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Some evidence that diets high in calcium and dairy products in childhood may lower mortality

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Suggestive evidence points to the possibility that children who have a diet high in calcium and who consume dairy products may have a lower mortality rate than those who don’t, according to ...


Eating soy early in life may reduce breast cancer among Asian women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asian-American women who ate higher amounts of soy during childhood had a 58 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the Americ ...


Norwegian Tooth Bank seeks milk teeth from 100,000 children

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created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Norwegian Tooth Bank is requesting milk teeth from 100 000 children in Norway and could become the biggest tooth bank in the world. Milk teeth can give unique information about environmental influences and nutrition ...


Gluten-free diet reduces bone problems in children with celiac disease

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Celiac disease (CD) is an inherited intestinal disorder characterized by life-long intolerance to the ingestion of gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. Although CD can be diagnosed at any age, it commonly occurs ...


Study: Childhood constipation just as serious as asthma

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created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Car and airplane trips, holiday goodies, new toys, and unfamiliar surroundings. The holidays are a crazy time for kids, often causing their bathroom habits to get out of whack. What might sound like a minor inconvenience ...



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