Browsing: childhood

Childhood obesity levels are “still much higher” than health leaders “would like” despite having “plateaued” in recent years, Public Health Jersey has said

Abuja – Every month at the Primary Health Care Centre in Ugbor, Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, in southern Nigeria, mothers gather with their babies for routine immunization and growth monitoring services. Among them is Mrs Shegu Ritawaits who arrived one morning with her eight-month-old child expecting a routine clinic visit

Violence in childhood is a global issue that spans generations. Whether it be through the epidemic of firearm injury and violence or child abuse and neglect, this cycle of violence remains persistent. But what are the systemic drivers of this crisis, and what can be done to end it?

Groundbreaking research by the late ADHD pioneer William E. Pelham, Jr. found that behavioral therapy – when used first – was less expensive and more effective than medication in treating children with ADHD