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2020

U.S. Kids, Teens Eating Better But Nutrition Gaps Persist

U.S. Kids, Teens Eating Better But Nutrition Gaps PersistTUESDAY, March 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Despite some improvements, more than half of America's youth still aren't eating right, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data on the diets of more than 31,000 children and teens, ageD 2 to 19, who took part in a nationwide health and nutrition survey between 1999 and 2016. Over the 18-year study period, the percentage of kids with poor diets declined from 77% to 56%. The proportion with intermediate diets rose from 23% to 44%. In 2016, 67% of adolescents had a poor diet, compared with 53% of 6- to 11-year-olds and 40% of children 5 years and younger. And significant disparities persisted. For example, 65% of kids from the lowest-income families had a poor diet in 2016, compared with 47% from the highest-income households. "This is...

Too Much 'Screen Time' Could Slow Your Toddler's...

23 March 2020
Too Much `Screen Time` Could Slow Your Toddler`s Language Skills: StudyMONDAY, March 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone is glued to some sort of media these days, but for young kids, that screen time could delay or limit their language skills, a new research review suggests. "Our findings are really consistent with the guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], and the bottom line is that kids should use screens in moderation and parents should try to prioritize using screens together with their kids," said the study's lead author, Sheri Madigan. She's a child development expert from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Madigan also noted that for kids under 2 years of age, there's little benefit to any screen time, even educational viewing. "The majority of language learning [in the youngest children] comes from...

Post-Game Snacks May Undo Calorie-Burning Benefit of...

8 March 2020
Post-Game Snacks May Undo Calorie-Burning Benefit of Kids` SportsSUNDAY, March 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Kids get more calories from the snacks they eat after sports than they burn while playing, which could add up to thousands of extra calories a year, a new study warns. "So many kids are at games just to get their treat afterwards, which really isn't helping to develop healthy habits long term," said senior study author Lori Spruance, an assistant professor of public health at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. "The reward should be, 'I got to have fun, I got to run around with my friend or score a goal.'" For the study, Spruance and her team tracked the activity levels of third- and fourth-graders during 189 games of soccer, flag football, baseball and softball, along with their post-game snacks. The researchers noted that...

FDA Bans Shock Devices Used on the Mentally Disabled

4 March 2020
FDA Bans Shock Devices Used on the Mentally DisabledWEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Electrical shock devices used to reduce aggression and self-harm in patients with autism and other developmental disabilities will be banned, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The devices deliver shocks through electrodes attached to the skin of patients, but there is evidence that they pose significant mental and physical risks to patients, including worsening of underlying symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain, burns and tissue damage, the FDA said. It also noted that patients' intellectual or developmental disabilities make it difficult for them to communicate their pain, and that there is little evidence that electrical shock devices (ESDs) are an effective treatment. "Since ESDs were...

What Makes Your Food So Attractive to Seagulls?

27 February 2020
What Makes Your Food So Attractive to Seagulls?THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Given a choice, seagulls prefer food that's been handled by humans, a new British study finds. This suggests that the birds may watch you when deciding what to scavenge, according to the researchers. "We wanted to find out if gulls are simply attracted by the sight of food, or if people's actions can draw gulls' attention towards an item," said study lead author Madeleine Goumas. She's with the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter in Cornwall. "Our study shows that cues from humans may play an important part in the way gulls find food, and could partly explain why gulls have been successful in colonizing urban areas," Goumas said in a university news release. In the study, researchers placed two wrapped oat...
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