Dietitian Tseng Chien-ming highlights the risk of overweight children lacking essential nutrients, emphasising that a focus on weight alone overlooks critical dietary quality issues that impact growth and immunity. Childhood obesity can mask a quieter problem: a child may be…
Switching to insulated food jars can revolutionise school lunches by keeping meals warm or cold for hours, offering a wider range of appealing options and reducing waste and frustration. If a carefully packed sandwich keeps coming back home squashed, warm…
A recent government-backed report reveals that one-to-one counselling in primary schools significantly enhances children’s emotional control, resilience, and coping skills, prompting plans for wider implementation across disadvantaged areas. A Government-backed evaluation is set to conclude that one-to-one counselling in primary…
A government-backed pilot programme providing one-to-one counselling to primary school children has significantly improved their emotional control, resilience, and coping skills. The findings could lead to a nationwide expansion of mental health support within schools. Young children who take part…
A new Norwegian school review calls for less theory, more play, and flexible curricula in early education to address underperformance and enhance student engagement, but faces funding and staffing challenges. Norway’s latest school review argues that the country has tried…
Dame Uta Frith warns that the expanding autism spectrum risks obscuring critical differences, urging for clearer subgroups and standards to better serve those with severe difficulties and avoid overgeneralisation. Autism may no longer fit neatly inside a single diagnostic box,…
New research presented at the International Congress on Obesity indicates that GLP-1 medications, already used for adult weight management, could help adolescents with obesity, though more extensive studies are needed to assess safety and long-term outcomes. New evidence suggests that…
New research suggests the gut microbiome could play a crucial role in retinal vessel development in preterm babies, potentially opening new avenues for protecting sight through nutritional strategies involving fatty acids like DHA and AA. A new article in Pediatric…
Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava Phillippe candidly shares her experience with anxiety, encouraging open conversations and practical coping strategies for young people and their families amid increasing awareness of mental health issues. Anxiety in children and teenagers is often difficult for…
The Cocachacra Community Mental Health Centre in Arequipa offers specialised, community-based care for youth with severe mental health disorders, marking a significant step in Peru’s efforts to make mental health support more accessible and continuous. At the Cocachacra Community Mental…
