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Schoolchildren in Hong Kong face intense academic demands, with long hours of sedentary study leaving little time for movement. On average, their physical activity falls short of the World Health Organization's recommendation of at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physica

A coalition of public health organizations, pediatricians and parents has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's new enforcement policy that allows e-cigarette and nicotine pouch products to be marketed and sold without the scientific review and ma

A few hours after eating, an infant may suddenly experience a severe reaction that leaves his or her parents searching for answers. Such episodes may be caused by food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES), a condition that is often mistaken for other health problems and

The US Supreme Court on June 30 rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict birthright citizenship in a blow to one of his signature anti-immigration initiatives. This comes after Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency decreeing those born to

The US Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, ruling children born in the US are citizens under the Constitution regardless of their parents' immigration status. The decision also casts fresh scrutiny on Trump's repeated claims a

Health officials say DR Congo is facing its fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with nearly 1,800 confirmed cases and at least 600 deaths. In the epicentre of the crisis, children who have lost their parents to the virus are left to rebuild their lives while communities struggle

The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic inheritance rather than any direct biological effect of parental weight during pregnancy, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Tom Bond of t

Imagine you're 6 years old and in the back seat of your parents' car on a road trip. Your mum decides to stop for breakfast food at lunchtime and pulls into a quiet roadhouse where other travelers eat apple pie and drink cola with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life because of its many proven benefits, including protection against infections and support for healthy long-term development. However, perceptions that breastfed infants sleep le

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When it's time to add solid food to a baby's diet, is it best to spoon-feed purees—the conventional approach—or to allow the baby to feed herself soft finger foods? The second path, called baby-led weaning, has exploded in popularity in the past decade, yet many parents and careg

Can the trauma of a parent rewrite the mental health of a child born decades later? A new study reveals that children born decades after the Holocaust to parents who were older than 5 at the time of the initial Nazi persecutions faced an elevated schizophrenia risk. This preconce