Height Doesn't Influence Kids' Popularity: Study
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Parents of a short child who believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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Diet and lifestyle play a far smaller  role than genetic factors in determining whether a child  becomes overweight, according to a British study of twins  published on Thursday.
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Figures taking pupils' socio-economic backgrounds into consideration are misleading, say researchers
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Children who do not get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight than those who get more, according to a study published on Wednesday that tracked more than 2,000 U.S. kids for five years.
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Research from Australia in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1513) suggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experience later fertility problems than the general population.
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests. The study of 117,000 women in Denmark found that those who were chubby at birth but tall and lean at 14 were more likely to develop the disease.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are tall as toddlers or grow fast during their teenage years are more likely to have lower cholesterol levels as adults, British researchers report.
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Driving children to school is not to blame for falling levels of exercise in young children, say researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Parents of a short child who  believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social  life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Many parents of children classified as overweight or even extremely overweight do not perceive their child as being excessively heavy, with some wrongly believing that their child is "about the right weight," new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who were born at a  very low weight may have a higher-than-average rate of some  psychological problems, a new study suggests.
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WASHINGTON  - American children and adults have become a little bit taller over the past 40 years, but a lot heavier, according to government statistics.
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NEW YORK  - The length of children's fingers may hint at their natural abilities in math and language, a new study suggests.
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In a finding that challenges longstanding assumptions about stature and status, new research suggests that height makes virtually no difference in how schoolchildren view each other.
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NEW YORK  - A combination of nature and nurture may make some children more likely to develop behavioral problems, new research suggests.
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The nation's schools, under fire for unhealthy school lunches, well-stocked vending machines and phys ed cuts, may actually do a better job than parents in keeping children fit and trim. A study found that 5- and 6-year-olds gained more weight over the summer than during the school year, casting doubt on the assumption that kids are more active during summer vacation.