The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life because of its many ...

The data revealed that elevated screen use during infancy (age 1) and around formal school-entry (age 6) consistently predicted lower academic performance at age 9 and demonstrably weaker working ...

Weaning is the period when babies gradually move from an all-milk diet to eating solid foods. During this time, the gut is ...

Even if educational content is available, showing smartphones or tablet PCs to infants under 2 years old can be highly risky, ...

Japanese researchers found that one-year-olds who were breastfed during their first six months slept for longer than those ...

In a small study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 6-week-old infants with healthy gut microbiomes were less likely to contract malaria in their first year of life. While the study is preliminary, ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is eyeing infant and toddler development as a new governance benchmark and urged local government units (LGUs) to strengthen early childhood ...

A recent study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition provides evidence that breastfeeding during the first ...

Healthy, breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation show fewer aggressive behaviors at age 3 compared with children who did not receive supplementation, according to new research from Umeå ...

The Clinical Microbiome reveal that certain species of fungi in the gut play a key role in the development of immune ...