Millets, pulses, seasonal produce and traditional meal combinations are being recast as affordable, sustainable ways to improve nutrition without abandoning familiar food habits. Traditional Indian diets are gaining renewed attention as families look for cheaper, simpler and more sustainable ways…
A mouse study suggests that iron deficiency before and during pregnancy can leave persistent changes in brain minerals and gene activity even after blood iron levels are restored at birth. A study from the University of Rochester has added to…
The Australian Institute of Sport is urging sports and families to assess readiness, wellbeing and individual circumstances rather than use age alone when deciding when young athletes should specialise. The Australian Institute of Sport has refreshed its guidance on youth…
University of Iowa research suggests addiction-like patterns of social media use may be more closely linked to depression and anxiety in teenagers than time spent online alone. A University of Iowa researcher is arguing that the question is not simply…
Millions of rand earmarked for early childhood nutrition have gone unspent while a pilot intended to feed 26,620 children in the Eastern Cape faces its eighth tender delay. On World Food Day, the argument should be beyond dispute: young children…
New guidance is recasting stuttering as a complex brain-based disorder, prompting researchers to explore personalised therapy, medication and emerging treatments. Gerald Maguire has spent much of his career trying to explain a condition he has known from the inside. As…
A Taiwanese hospital is urging parents to look beyond speech milestones after therapy helped a boy move from isolated play and limited words to confident communication and starting primary school. A Taiwanese hospital is urging parents not to dismiss developmental…
Education Transformation Minister Chad Blackman says the rise from 31% in 2017 to 42% in 2026 cannot be ignored, urging stronger limits on food-industry branding in schools. Barbados is facing a sharp rise in childhood obesity, with Education Transformation Minister…
A first national assessment of children under five finds strong levels of physical activity and sleep, but just one in four meets all three early-years movement guidelines. Canada’s youngest children are starting life with relatively strong habits around movement and…
Modelling suggests replacing routine newborn vaccination with clinician-led decisions could sharply increase childhood infections and leave more people unprotected by age 20. A recent computer model suggests that changes to federal hepatitis B vaccination guidance could substantially increase the number…
