Oxford research reveals that underweight children incur healthcare costs comparable to those with obesity, challenging current health priorities and highlighting the need for comprehensive weight management strategies.
As students prepare to re-enter school, two prominent concerns loom larger in parents' minds: the pervasive influence of overuse of social media and the internet on their children.
Analysis of NHS data by the mental health charity Young Minds has discovered that the number of mental health referrals and children in mental health crisis is at an all-time high.
New research from the University of East Anglia reveals that infants who nap less frequently may have smaller vocabularies and poorer child brain development.
£2.4 million has been funded to trials evaluating the clinical mechanisms of ADHD, with consideration to its progression with depression, parental impact, and ADHD in women.
While medical discrimination has been proven to contribute to worse health outcomes, a study finds that disabled children may be frequent victims of this...
If we want to improve health, and reduce sweet and processed foods, we need to start with child nutrition and change the foods and drinks sold to infants and young children.
Abortion legislation is being criticised after woman has been sentenced to prison for an induced abortion after taking more than the legal limit of pills.
Dr Charlotte Lennox from the University of Manchester reports on the main findings of her research and argues that children in custodial settings were an invisible group during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this second of a two-part series.