Why do preconception and pregnancy lifestyle interventions demonstrate limited success in preventing overweight and obesity in children? A scoping review protocol. by Kaat Philippe, Carla Perrotta, Aisling O'Donnell, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Catherine M Phillips

“…Adverse family-based lifestyle factors in the preconception period, pregnancy and early-childhood are major risk factors for childhood obesity and there is a growing consensus that early life interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children are required. …”
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Systemic Comorbidity in Children with Cataracts in Nigeria: Advocacy for Rubella Immunization by Roseline Duke, Sidney Oparah, Adedayo Adio, Okon Eyo, Friday Odey

“…Congenital and developmental cataracts are leading causes of childhood blindness and severe visual impairment. They may be associated with systemic diseases including congenital heart diseases which are among the major causes of morbidity and mortality in childhood. …”
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Building support for children and families affected by stroke (BUILD CARE): Study protocol. by Maja Kevdzija, Lisa Bartha-Doering, Ruth Heying, Ann Heylighen, Andrea Jelić, Pleuntje Jellema, Anna Franziska Kalhorn, Sophie Mandl, Gesine Marquardt, Birgit Moser, Magdalena Muszynska-Spielauer, Els Ortibus, Anna-Theresa Renner, Anne-Sophie Schoß, Piet Tutenel

“…Childhood stroke is a rare condition that significantly impacts affected children and their families due to children's frequently persisting cognitive, physical, and behavioural problems. …”
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High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan by Zeena Salman, Gregory D. Kirk, Mark D. DeBoer

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) frequently has roots in childhood, including following childhood-onset hypertension. …”
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The roles of impulsivity, comorbid ADHD, and borderline personality disorder in patients with bulimia nervosa by Susanne Gilsbach, Julia Leuchtenberger, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Ulrich Voderholzer, Kerstin Konrad, Georg von Polier, Jochen Seitz, Manfred Fichter

“…Childhood-ADHD (p = 0.009) and BPD (p = 0.017) both were significant positive predictors for impulsivity scores found in patients with BN. …”
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Muscular Dystrophies at Different Ages: Metabolic and Endocrine Alterations by Oriana del Rocío Cruz Guzmán, Ana Laura Chávez García, Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz

“…This eventually will result in consequences such as growth failure and delayed puberty in the case of childhood dystrophies. Other consequences may be reduced male fertility, reduced spermatogenesis, and oligospermia, both in childhood as well as in adult muscular dystrophies. …”
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West Syndrome in an Infant with Complete Corpus Callosal Agenesis by S. Sheetal, Nikhil Gladson, Rakesh John, Yamuna P. Kurup

“…It comprises 2% of childhood epilepsies. Etiologically, West syndrome can be classified into symptomatic with known etiology and cryptogenic with unknown etiology. …”
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Rola nauczyciela wczesnej edukacji w identyfikowaniu i reagowaniu na przejawy przemocy domowej – między prawnym obowiązkiem a odpowiedzialnością moralną by Joanna Frankowiak

“… This is a theoretical paper which presents the role of early childhood education teachers in identifying and responding to domestic violence. …”
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The role of esthetic education in the harmonic development of pre-school children by Helen V. Butina

“…Due to this the development of harmonious personality, esthetically developed people, attentive to spiritual values from the childhood, who can understand and value art, is practically impossible. …”
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Researching as a Commoner: Affect and the Lives of Underprivileged Mobile Youth in Greece by Stelios Pantazidis, Yannis Pechtelidis

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Contradictory Representations of the Child Figure in the Media: JonBenét Ramsey Murder Case Retellings on YouTube by Sylwia Gryciuk

“…This observation adds credence to the claim that cultural representations of children and childhood in contemporary English-language discourse at large feature a seemingly irreconcilable combination of sentimental innocence and disquieting eroticism.…”
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Toddlers’ digital media practices and everyday parental struggles: Interactions and meaning-making as digital media are domesticated by Sandberg Helena, Sjöberg Ulrika, Sundin Ebba

“…The study demonstrates that the domestication of digital technology in early childhood is far more multifaceted and troublesome for parents to handle than previous research has found.…”
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The Art and life of Alàgbà Fálétí – A Pic torial, Art and Artifacts Exhibition in Honor of Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí (1921- 2017) curated by Akinsola Adejuwon and Seyi Ogunjobi... by Akinsola Adejuwon

“…Hence, we could imagine that the childhood of Alàgbà Fálétí was not radically different from Samuel Johnson’s description of features of Yorùbá childhood as characterised by ‘freedom’ (Johnson: 2009, pp.98-100). …”
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Examining infant and child death clustering among families in the cross-sectional and nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 by Shobhit Srivastava, Ronak Paul, Rashmi Rashmi

“…All children who died during infancy and childhood were coded as ‘yes’; otherwise, they were coded as ‘no’.Results About 2% of mothers experienced two or more infant deaths, and cumulatively these mothers account for 20% of all infant deaths in the sample. …”
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Early-life cognitively stimulating activities and late-life cognitive function in the St. Louis Baby Tooth Later Life Health Study by Andrea L. Roberts, Xinye Qiu, Kaleigh A. McAlaine, Laura T. Germine, Ran S. Rotem, Marc G. Weisskopf

“…Abstract Childhood cognitively stimulating activities have been associated with higher cognitive function in late life. …”
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Primary exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children (a clinical case of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome) by V.S. Berezenko, Yu.I. Proshchenko, Kh.Z. Mykhayluk, M.B. Dyba, O.M. Tkalik, Yu.O. Savenko

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Prevalence, influencing factors, and perspectives on bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating among university students in northern Morocco: A cross-sectional study by Karima Sammoud, Fadila Bousgheiri, Saloua Lemrabett, Imane Agdai, Ouissal Radouan, Meftaha Senhaji, Adil El Ammouri, Adil Najdi

“…A questionnaire comprising sections on demographics, childhood history, and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was employed. …”
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Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth by Lauren Allport, MinKyoung Song, Cindy W. Leung, Kellye C. McGlumphy, Rebecca E. Hasson

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The Determinants of Adolescent Glycolipid Metabolism Disorder: A Cohort Study by Xiao-Hua Liang, Lun Xiao, Jing-Yu Chen, Ping Qu, Xian Tang, Yuwei Wang

“…The increased prevalence of glycolipid metabolism disorders (GLMD) in childhood and adolescents has a well-established association with adult type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; therefore, determinants of GLMD need to be evaluated during this period. …”
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O dziecięcej tożsamości (tragicznie) zerwanej – gdy przemoc symboliczna może życie ocalić by Maria Szczepska-Pustkowska, Małgorzata Lewartowska-Zychowicz, Longina Strumska-Cylwik

“…The former concerns the analysis of Polish Jews’ childhood experiences from the World War II period, connected with the breaking of the primary national and religious identity and re-integration into a new Polish identity. …”
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