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Obese and Lean Children Have Different Gut Bacteria

September 24, 2016 Srijita'obese, and, Bacteria, Children, different, Gut, Have, Lean

Children and teenagers who are obese have different microorganisms living in their digestive tract than those who are lean, according to a new study. The study finds gut microbiota or gut flora is closely related to fat distribution in children and teenagers. “Our findings show children and teenagers with obesity have a different composition of gut flora than lean youth,” said Nicola Santoro, Researcher at the Yale University in Connecticut, US. “This suggests that targeted modifications to the specific species composing the human microbiota could be developed and could help…

Parents Who Insist on Vegan Diet for Children May Risk Jail in Italy

August 16, 2016 SrijitaChildren, Diet:, for, In, Insist, Italy, Jail, May, On, Parents, Risk, Vegan?, Who

If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan diet for their children will risk up to four years in jail. Savino, from the conservative Forza Italia party, has put forward a law that would hold parents legally responsible for feeding their children on “a diet devoid of elements essential for healthy and balanced growth”, according to its text. “I have nothing against vegans or veganism as long as it is a free choice by adults,” she told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday, days…

How an awful lot Sleep do children really need? New suggestions From specialists

June 17, 2016 Srijita'awful, an, Children, Do, From, How, lot, Need, New, really, Sleep, specialists, suggestions:

anybody who has ever watched kids get on a school bus earlier than the sun is up in the morning or teens walk into their first class clutching a jug of espresso knows that too many young human beings are not getting sufficient sleep. In fact, specialists say that addec426932e71323700afa199-11f8f1c than a third of the U.S. populace doesn’t. Now, the american Academy of Sleep medication has just released, for the primary time, its tips for the way an awful lot sleep kids and young adults need to get to keep…

How This Mumbai-Based NGO Is Protecting Children From Sex Offenders

March 30, 2016 SrijitaChildren, From, How, Is, Mumbai-Based, NGO, Offenders, Protecting, Sex, This

According to government figures, 53% children in India are abused and in half the cases, the abusers are known to the child Mumbai: Sex education is a near alien concept in India and sex education being imparted to 10 year olds – all the more unheard of. But Arpan, a Mumbai-based NGO is now changing this notion. In a bid to empower children, the organisation has designed a curriculum to teach children how to protect themselves from sexual predators. “Initially there’s a lot of discomfort when we introduce the class…