Topic: United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight children who shed their excess pounds in adulthood don't face a higher risk of obesity-related health problems, an analysis of four studies involving children and adults in the United States, Australia and Finland has concluded.The findings ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Longer well-child visits for babies and toddlers make for happier parents because doctors can fit in more advice and answer more questions, a new study finds.But most well-child visits last less than 20 minutes and pediatricians are ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians often miss important opportunities to talk about nutrition, exercise, and emotional issues with overweight teens, suggests new research from California.Focusing on these issues in overweight adolescents may give doctors a chance to stop unhealthy behavior that ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston pediatrician David Ludwig, the center of a media firestorm this week, wants to set the record straight on his view that a state should intervene in the most extreme cases of child obesity.Ludwig and co-author Lindsey Murtagh at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of infants born with "flat-head" syndrome has risen dramatically in Texas - but is probably not cause for concern, according to a new study.Between 1999 and 2007, the number of cases of plagiocephaly -- misshapen ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infant formula and solid baby food frequently contain fungus-derived hormones that have been shown to cause infertility in mammals, Italian researchers report.Scientists at the University of Pisa report that as many as 28 percent of samples of ...
US lawmakers on Thursday passed a 4.5-billion-dollar bill that will give more US kids school meals and let the government set child nutrition guidelines.The House of Representatives passed the bill by 264 votes to 157. It will now go to President Barack ...
The USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, docked at the Georgian port of Poti to deliver blankets, hygiene kits, baby food and other supplies to Georgia . The USS Mount Whitney is the third U.S. ship to bring ...
The American Psychological Association recently completed a nationwide study with Harris Interactive that measured stress levels, coping habits, and other stress-related topics in America's families. The findings were concerning in that they showed that America's parents and children are experiencing heavy amounts ...
A little bit of stress can be good for you. But too much can hurt - and according to the American Psychological Association's annual survey on the topic, a lot of us in the U.S. are feeling the pain.. " Almost a ...
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