- Science Update: Caffeine consumption during pregnancy may lead to slightly shorter child height https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/103122-caffeine-consumption-pregnancy 40 comments science
- Vegetarian diets during pregnancy are associated with small infant birth weight, but not a higher risk preterm birth or other medical complications, suggests a National Institutes of Health study. The smaller birth size may be attributable to less weight gain during pregnancy. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/122120-vegetarian-diets 3 comments science
- Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns. NIH-funded findings also suggest less-than-expected transfer of maternal SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through placenta. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/122220-covid-pregnancy 3 comments science
- Youth who said they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their body mass by 33 percent more each year, compared to a similar group who had not been teased, according to researchers. The findings appear to contradict the belief that such teasing might motivate youth to change... https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/053019-child-obesity 3 comments science
- Youth who said they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their body mass by 33 percent more each year, compared to a similar group who had not been teased, according to researchers. The findings appear to contradict the belief that such teasing might motivate youth to change... https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/053019-child-obesity 31 comments science
- Youth who said they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their body mass by 33 percent more each year, compared to a similar group who had not been teased, according to researchers. The findings appear to contradict the belief that such teasing might motivate youth to change... https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/053019-child-obesity 40 comments science
- Young children who live close to a major roadway are twice as likely to score lower on tests of communications skills, compared to those who live farther away from a major roadway. Early childhood exposure to air pollutants may convey a higher risk for developmental delays https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/040919-major-roads-developmental-delay 10 comments science
- Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy by mother linked to child obesity at age 7, based on prospective cohort study of 918 mothers with gestational diabetes by NIH, published in International Journal of Epidemiology. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/pages/060617-diet-beverages-child-obesity.aspx 7 comments science
- Science AMA Series: I’m Catherine Spong—OB/GYN, acting director of an NIH institute, researcher, and mom of 4. Let’s talk about Zika virus and why we need to study its long-term effects on pregnancy & children infected in the womb. AMA! https://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 396 comments science
- When the mind is at rest, the electrical signals by which brain cells communicate appear to travel in reverse, wiping out unimportant information in the process, but sensitizing the cells for future sensory learning, according to a study conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/pages/031813-backwards-neurons.aspx 53 comments science