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ChildLife Essentials Expands Offerings For Children’s Health With New Clinical Formulas
California-based ChildLife Essentials is launching ChildLife Clinicals, premium formulas for professional use and patient application that provide a holistic approach to supporting and addressing optimum health in children. “ChildLife Clinicals was created for kids to provide formulations for a systematic approach to address and support our children’s health and well-being,” said Dr. Murray Clarke, founder and ...
High Lead Levels During Pregnancy Linked to Child Obesity
Children born to women who have high blood levels of lead are more likely be overweight or obese, compared to those whose mothers have low levels of lead in their blood, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration. The study was conducted by Xiaobin ...
Should You Give Children Supplements?
Dietary supplements play a huge role in the lives of Americans. In fact, according to a 2018 CRN (Council of Responsible Nutrition) Consumer Survey, 75 percent of U.S. adults take supplements.1 For children aged 0-19, it is estimated that about one-third use dietary supplements.2 These numbers, as well as the industry, appear to be increasing ...
Association Between Celiac Disease Risk and Gluten Intake Confirmed
An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing celiac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the journal JAMA. In total, 6,600 children at ...
A Mediterranean Diet in Pregnancy Associated With Lower Risk of Accelerated Growth
The Mediterranean diet is characterized by a high content of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes and nuts. This healthy diet pattern has been associated with lower obesity and cardiometabolic risk in adults, but few studies have focused on children. This study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, aimed at evaluating the association between adherence to a ...
Scoliosis Linked to Essential Mineral
Nobody knows why some children’s backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, have no known risk factors. A new study published in Nature Communications, suggests that the body’s inability to fully utilize the essential dietary mineral manganese might be to blame ...
Discovering New Alternatives Within Children’s Health
In a world where medical options seem endless, practitioners provide their take on the holistic choices available to children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, 84 percent of U.S. children ages 5-11 are considered to be in “excellent or very good health,” via a 2016 survey. However, ...
Children With Allergies Should be Screened for an Emerging, Severe Chronic Food Allergy
Children with known skin, food and respiratory allergies should be screened for an emerging, chronic food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a painful inflammation of the esophagus, the food tube between the mouth and stomach. Pediatric allergists who analyzed a very large group of children from birth to adolescence say that EoE should be considered ...
Impact of Parent Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior on Their Preschool Children
Young children do follow in their parents’ footsteps. Literally. That’s the conclusion of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded researchers who found that in underserved populations, parents’ physical activity—and their sedentary behavior—directly correlates with the activity level of their preschoolers. Researchers say these findings, published January 9 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, could lead ...
Evidence Suggests Vitamin D May Help Reduce Asthma Attacks
A new review, published in the Cochrane Library, has found evidence from randomized trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks. Low blood levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased risk of asthma attacks in children and adults with asthma. ...
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