Category: Health & Well-being
Childhood connection to nature has many benefits but is not universally positive
A review finds a connection to nature is complex, as well as positive emotions, it can generate negative emotions linked to issues like climate change
Expand school digital literacy lessons to cover health technologies used by young people
Young people are accessing digital health technologies from a very young age. What are the implications?
Children who have difficult relationships with their mothers are clingy towards teachers
USA based researchers found that these children are prone to being anxious, withdrawn, and overly shy.
Getting children to eat their greens? Both parents need to set an example
A positive example set by both the mother and the father promotes the consumption of.
Love matters: How parents’ love shapes children’s lives
Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children,.
Sitting still linked to increased risk of depression in adolescents
Young people who are inactive for large proportions of the day throughout adolescence face a greater risk of depression by age 18
Short, intensive training improves children’s health
Short periods of intensive training motivates them to exercise, researchers claim.
Children’s mental health is effected by sleep duration
Important associations identified between sleep duration in children, brain structure, and cognitive and mental health measures.
Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life
How different regions of the brain ‘talk’ to each other – changes in two main ways during adolescence.
Study shows why women have to be likeable, and men don’t
For women, likeability is an asset in all interactions. For men, likeability matters only in interactions with the opposite sex.