Children with food allergies may have higher-than-expected rates of short stature and low weight, a Dutch study finds.

To determine the levels and patterns of physical activity in a sample of obese (≥99th percentile body mass index (BMI)) and nonobese (<99th percentile BMI) children. Children were recruited from ...

Children fall broadly into four eating categories, according to new research, and parents feed their children differently depending on those categories. Children fall broadly into four eating ...

Researchers have found a preclinical phase in children with autism that is not easily detected. Published in the journal Child Development, the study found that early in development, children who ...

Sleep problems are expanding quickly among children because of inconsistent school schedules and more screen time. Disrupted ...

Changes in children’s sleep patterns signal puberty before physical changes develop, says a new study from Tel Aviv University. Shorter sleep time’s increased daytime drowsiness, and irregular sleep ...

In one of the largest studies to date, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity in children and determined 33 specific patterns that could ...