According to the report in the January issue of Pediatrics, A lower weight may be desirable in adults, but it is not always in the best interest of a young child. Dr. Brenda Kohn, a pediatric endocrinologist and an associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine and Medical Center in New York City said that nutrition is extremely important in infancy and childhood, and in the first two years, the child is growing in height and weight and the brain is growing, so it’s extremely important that proper nutrition is provided.

The study authors wanted to better understand the role that parental attitudes toward food played in their child’s eventual weight. Previous studies had suggested that when a parent tries to control food intake, it would eventually result in an overweight child, whereas a child who was pressured to eat seemed to end up weighing less. Read more

Flu usually happened when season is changing, such as this time from winter to fall. Seasonal changing is one of the main cause that you got a flu. And for that you need o know how to deal with it. The most important tool to protect yourself from the flu, in fact, is not antiviral flu medications, although these can be very important, but an annual flu vaccine. Unlike in past years, when shortages limited the vaccines to those at greatest risk, 2007 promises to be a banner year for the influenza vaccine.

“We are going to have an abundance of flu vaccine available this season, so everyone can and should get one,” says William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease expert who chairs the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee. “Not just children, not just the elderly, everyone,” says Schaffner. But some people don’t get vaccinated, and some flu strains duck around the vaccine’s protection. What flu medicines are available to augment the vaccine or treat you if you’re one of the unlucky ones to get sick anyway? Read more

Breast feeding is not just considered for a great way for a mother to form a close bond with her infant. But also there’s evidence that it may also help reducing the stress in the child. The latest research perform in Sweden and the United Kingdom examined data on almost 9,000 children born in Great Britain in 1970. All the relevant information was collected at birth and again at ages 5 and 10 from parents, teachers, health-care workers and midwives.

Teachers were asked to rate the kids’ anxiety levels on a zero-to-50 scale at age 10. And parents were asked about major life events, such as divorce or separation, that occurred when their children were between 5 and 10 years old. Not surprisingly, children whose parents had divorced or separated were more likely to have high anxiety. But what the researchers found striking was the difference in stress levels between breast fed and bottle fed kids. Breast fed children were significantly less anxious than kids who hadn’t nursed at their mother’s breast. Read more

Here’s how you can add more 14 years in your age. Do not smoke, Do at least half an hour of daily physical activity, drink moderately, and eat at least five daily servings of fruits and vegetables. The latest British study of healthy and not-so-healthy lifestyles and death rates among more than 20,200 men and women. When the 11-year study began, participants were 45 to 79 years old. They reported their health history, drinking, smoking, and physical activity. They also got their height, weight, and blood level of vitamin C checked.
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