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Nutrition in Adolescence: Multiple Challenges, Lifelong Consequences and the Foundation for Adult Health
By Jo-Anna B. Baxter Your Health

Nutrition in Adolescence: Multiple Challenges, Lifelong Consequences and the Foundation for Adult Health

Around the world, there are an estimated 1.2 billion adolescents between 10 and 19 years old. Although adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, adolescents are neither big children, nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation. The steep increase in issues such as anemia, overweight and obesity […]

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Doença mão-pé-boca: Sinais, sintomas e tratamentos
Reviewed by Dr. Gerald Morris Sinais & Sintomas

Doença mão-pé-boca: Sinais, sintomas e tratamentos

Embora a doença de mão, pé e boca seja considerada leve, pelo menos pela Mayo Clinic, isso não significa que seja agradável. Essa condição contagiosa é comum em crianças (especialmente quando elas estão regularmente em um ambiente social, como uma creche) e é mais comumente causada pelo vírus coxsackie. A Clínica Mayo diz que os sintomas […]

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Why Kids Shouldn’t Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn Two, According to a Nutritional Epidemiologist
By Lisa Bodnar Your Health

Why Kids Shouldn’t Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn Two, According to a Nutritional Epidemiologist

I remember a decade ago sitting in front of my 9-month-old daughter, who was in her high chair, and trying to spoon-feed her a pureed green vegetable. It didn’t matter if it was peas, green beans or something else, because the outcome was the same: I spooned it into her mouth, and it came right […]

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Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children: Common Types, Symptoms, and Treatments
Medically Reviewed by Greg Dorter, RP Children

Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children: Common Types, Symptoms, and Treatments

Just like adults, children are complicated creatures, and they can act in unusual ways. However, at some point, their behavior can cross over into disorder territory, including any of these common behavioral and emotional disorders found in children.

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Things to Know About Provisional Tic Disorder in Kids
By Jeff Hayward Children

Things to Know About Provisional Tic Disorder in Kids

Many of us have the odd tic, but when we see one of our kids struggling with one, it can be more concerning. These can be constant blinking, shrugging shoulders, or scrunching the nose – they may look concerning, but they’re often not. This disorder was previously called transient tic disorder, and now includes vocal […]

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6 Extracurricular Activities for Kids that Boost Mind and Body
By Jeff Hayward Children

6 Extracurricular Activities for Kids that Boost Mind and Body

Kids are generally energetic by nature – and they want to burn off that energy, whether it’s chasing their siblings through the house or running in circles in the backyard. Since your child wants to be active anyway, why not enroll them in an extracurricular program that not only harnesses that energy, but also helps […]

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Chew on These 7 Possible Reasons Children Refuses To Eat
By Jeff Hayward Children

Chew on These 7 Possible Reasons Children Refuses To Eat

Kids can be very fussy when it comes to mealtime, and this is a never-ending source of frustration for countless parents across the country. However, there are factors involved – sometimes more than one factor – that can lead to your kid turning up their nose at what you’ve prepared for them. This can be […]

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