Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
-
Shaken innocence
The widely reported case of Matthew Eapen s death has highlighted the ignorance regarding the shaken baby syndrome
-
Traumatic end
In Matthew's case, the prosecution submitted that Louise Woodward caused injuries to the baby by shaking him violently and throwing him against a flat surface. The jury at the court in Cambridge,
-
Water for thought
Infants who take water in addition to breast milk or formula food may be at a serious health risk, say Paula Scariatt and her colleagues at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
-
This won t hurt
Children hide pain merely to avoid an injection, a study reveals
-
Price for early school
Children under five years of age should not be admitted into schools as it may lead to behavioural changes that are harmful in the long term. A team of researchers led by Michael Weitzman at the
-
Water of affliction
Increased number of hepatitis :' has been noticed in children at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. The disease is detected rarely as people become immune to hepatitis
-
Diseased children
more than 36 per cent of Gujarat's 62 lakh primary school children are suffering from various diseases like dysentery, leprosy, anaemia, worm infestation, night blindness, scabies, ear
-
Small is risky
Unusually small babies have a high risk of getting diabetes, say French researchers. A study conducted on 230 adults by Juliane Leger and colleagues at France's national research organisation,
-
It s all in the food
Poor food intake by pregnant women can damage the immune system of the child
-
Brazil
Scientists have for long propagated that breast feeding is perfect for babies and fulfils their total nutritional requirements for the first six months. Realising its importance, Brazil has launched