Your Brain Changes How It Uses Energy as You Grow Up
Scientists discovered that your brain goes through major changes in how it uses energy as you grow from a baby to a young adult. Using special imaging …
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What Chinese Preschoolers Eat Affects Their Growth and Health
Researchers studied what 1,383 preschool children in southern China ate and how it connected to their growth and blood nutrient levels. They found that most …
Read MoreHow Helping Poor Families Improves Kids' Health and Learning
Researchers studied a program designed to help families living in poverty and discovered it does much more than just give them money. The program also improved …
Read MoreDoes Extra Vitamin D in Baby Formula Help Kids Build Muscle?
Researchers wanted to know if babies who get more vitamin D in their first year of life grow up with more muscle mass. They followed 49 children from Montreal …
Read MoreNew Drug Helps Young Kids With Rare Bone Disease Grow Taller
A rare genetic disease called XLH makes children very short because their bodies can't use phosphate properly. Researchers studied a new medicine called …
Read MoreWhy Kids With PKU Stay Healthy But Adults Gain Weight
Researchers studied 291 Danish patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic condition where the body can't break down a protein called phenylalanine. …
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