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Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables, say nutrition and dietetics researchers from the Flinders University Caring Futures Institute.
With the Australian Health Survey showing only 6% of children aged 2-17 years are eating the recommended amount of veggies, experts say more tailored practical advice is needed on how to offer vegetables to young children through repeated exposure and daily variety in order to increase their intake.
A recent paper co-authored by researchers from Caring Futures Institute and CSIRO, Australia s national science agency, published in the
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The global battle against antibiotic resistance can only succeed if local contexts are taken into account. A tailored approach is needed in each country, says Heiman Wertheim of Radboud university medical center. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. This was the main finding of a study on antibiotic resistance in African and Asian countries funded by the British Wellcome Trust. Wertheim is the lead investigator of a large group of international researchers who recently published an article on this study in
The Lancet Global Health.
Antibiotics are powerful treatments for bacterial infections. They are indispensable for controlling infections such as pneumonia, meningitis, or blood poisoning (sepsis) caused by bacteria. But they are ineffective for treating viral infections, such as colds or flu, and do not work against infections with parasites, fungi or yeasts either.
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An international collaboration headed by researchers from iPSYCH has found genetic variants that increase the risk of aggression in children with ADHD. In the same study, the researchers also discovered that the genetics which increase aggression in some children with ADHD, are the same genetics that affect aggression in children without a diagnosis.
For the first time, researchers have found positions in the genome that increase the risk of getting ADHD with disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs). DBDs are child psychiatric disorders characterised by antisocial and aggressive behaviours. The findings have been made by the Danish iPSYCH consortium and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
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IMAGE: At school reopenings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers need a way of quickly assessing first graders for retained math knowledge. Here Refilwe Ntsoane, Head of Department Foundation Phase, is. view more
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First grade teachers can find out who is on track with math and who is lagging, using an accurate diagnostic test that they can administer in the classroom.
After Covid-19 school reopening, or during catch-up sessions in the holidays, this is instrument can also be useful, especially in large, multilingual classrooms.
The test is supplemented by a 15-week 1-hour-a week maths boost invention program for first graders.
Boston University scientists led a global team of 13 researchers (all mothers) from different backgrounds and career stages to author an action plan to foster a more equitable and inclusive higher education and research system.