Conditions and illnesses

Conditions and illnesses

True or False? By age six, children’s bodies are proportionately not very different from those of adults.

By age six, your “chip off the old block” is indeed on the way to becoming a mini-block himself or herself. But six year olds are not miniature adults.

Conditions and illnesses

Active Kids, Healthy Kids

Active Kids, Healthy Kids is a Canadian Paediatric Society program to help pediatricians, family physicians and other health professionals promote physical activity, nutrition, and other healthy choices.

Conditions and illnesses

Chronic and complex conditions: helping your teenager manage the transition to adult care

For the approximately 10 to 15 percent of teenagers who live with chronic or complicated health conditions, the excitement of celebrating their 18th birthday might also be mixed with worries about making the transition to adult care.

Conditions and illnesses

Growing demands: why a child’s body needs sleep

If your child has ever had trouble sleeping, you’ve probably lived first-hand what researchers have proven: when a child doesn’t get enough sleep they can develop problems with behaviour, attention, learning or memory.
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Could it be insomnia?

That’s a question that many parents ask from time to time. Insomnia is a disorder in which a person has a hard time falling asleep or has difficulty staying asleep.
Conditions and illnesses

Share your love of reading with your children

If you think about all the important things you do to ensure your child’s healthy development, does reading ever make it on to your list? It should.
Conditions and illnesses

My teenager wants to become a vegetarian. How can I make sure he’s getting the right nourishment?

Your son is one of many teens who are making the decision to become a vegetarian. People who choose vegetarian diets do so for any number of reasons, whether it’s a desire to get more of their nutrition from plant-based foods or a concern for animal welfare. Following a vegetarian diet is easier than it used to be. And with the growing availability of foods from other cultures, vegetarian diets have become a lot more interesting too.
Conditions and illnesses

True or False: If you have a newborn, you’ll lose about 400 hours of sleep this year.

Conditions and illnesses

8 ways to create a safe sleeping environment for your baby

Every parent knows the excitement of bringing a newborn baby home from the hospital. But that excitement can also be mixed with anxiety over how to make sure their baby is safe and secure at all times.

Conditions and illnesses

What is Sleep Apnea?

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