Category: Health & Well-being
Frequent use of social media may compromise teenage girls’ mental health by increasing exposure to bullying and reducing sleep and physical exercise
First study to examine three mechanisms by which very frequent use of social media may harm mental health suggests efforts should be made to reduce young people’s exposure to harmful content, and the impact it has on healthy activities
Children born to older parents tend to have fewer behaviour problems
According to researchers at The Society For Research In Child Development
Offering children a wide variety and large quantities of snack food encourages them to eat more
Less focus on plate size and more on reducing quantity and variety of food key to getting children to snack less
Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills
Young children’s daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context
Teens who can describe negative emotions can stave off depression
Teenagers who can describe their negative emotions in precise and nuanced ways are better protected.
Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing
Spending at least two hours a week in nature may be a crucial threshold for.
Study claims that extroverts enjoy four key advantages
A new U of T study has for the first time outlined a few key.
Contact with nature during childhood could lead to better mental health in adulthood
Adults who had close contact with natural spaces during their childhood could have a better.
Sleep problems in teenagers reversed in just one week by limiting screen use
Sleep in teenagers can be improved by just one week of limiting their evening exposure.
Preschool education can benefit generations of families
Early childhood education programs can impact life outcomes in ways that span generations, according to.