Pudgy babies have the edge
Recent studies indicate that the greater the weight of babies at birth, the less prone they are to heart disease during their riotous adult years
Quite disturbing: Pakistan nutrition survey
The Nutrition Section of Pakistan's Planning Commission, working in collaboration with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund,…
Alcohol ads: Teens targeted?
A recent study in the US reports that magazines popular with teenagers such as Rolling Stone and People tend to carry more alcohol advertisements.…
Every second extreme poor in the world is a child
India has some 52 million children in extreme poverty, according to an assessment by World Bank and UNICEF
Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths
Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer
What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed – and why it matters
Kenya performed well above average, with a rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to an average of 76 across sub-Saharan Africa region
Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change
If tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs …
Malnutrition among tribal children
Malnutrition is unacceptably higher among India’s tribal population than other communities. Among tribal children under five, 51.1 per cent …
Musings on the Independence of the Other India
Even after 71 years of independence, 1 in 11 children in India is a child labourer, 1 in every 3 is malnourished, only 3 in every 10 children …
World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Supportive workplaces needed to reach global breastfeeding targets
Rate of breastfeeding at 48%, up by 10 percentage points over past decade, say WHO & UNICEF
COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern
The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development
Was 2019 an 'Annus horribilis' for India's children?
Except a few positive headlines, 2019 was a year when Indian children were in the news for mostly the wrong reasons
Even India’s best-governed states are not a 100% in child health: Report
It finds that states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which did well in overall child well-being, slipped down in child health indicators
Ambrosial nectar for malnourished children
A unique scheme implemented in a cluster of villages in southern Andhra Pradesh, and being replicated in different states, involves administering …
India has the second highest number of obese children in the world
Some 14.4 million children in India are affected by obesity, and its occurrence is increasing rapidly
Nagaland bans junk food in schools, calls for sensitising children
By issuing this notification, Nagaland followed states such as Punjab, Odisha and Manipur in banning junk food in schools
MSakhi: digitising healthcare at the grassroots
A mobile application, developed in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, is revolutionsing mother and child care in Jhansi
The curious case of missing children at anganwadis
The names of malnourished children are missing from the registers at several anganwadis in Madhya Pradesh
How schooling can save African girls from becoming child brides
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have some of the world’s lowest levels of school enrolment and completion
Baby fat is out
Researchers have concluded that high-fat diets for infants might have an adverse efteq on their later lives
COVID-19 can reverse decades of progress in eliminating child deaths: UN
Almost 68% of 77 countries surveyed reported at least some disruption in health checks and immunisation services, which may lead to increase in …
Air pollution will harm brain development, 9 of 10 people breathe polluted air
Annual loss in human capital arising from mental health conditions in children aged 0-19 is $387.2 billion
Child slavery in West Africa: Understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice
Surveys and studies on child slavery in West African cocoa farming have failed to consider its causes
Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother’s immune system not to attack developing fetus
How does the immune system generally learn what to attack and what not to attack? A study tries to find out
Our children are at risk of air pollution. Now is the time to act
Children’s health can be affected by air pollution even before they are born. As they grow up, pollution stunts their lung growth&…