Infant weight and weight gain are positively associated with later obesity, but whether there is a particular critical time during infancy remains uncertain. In a cohort representing 28 340 children ...

The way obese women feed and interact with their children early in infancy might lay the foundations for obesity later in childhood. A small pilot study published this month in Nutrition Journal found ...

A study found that not being infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the first year of life was associated with a decreased risk of developing asthma in childhood. A study published by The ...

Babies cry. Some, however, cry a lot and seem less able to be soothed. Approximately 20 percent of young infants meet the criteria for colic, often defined by the “rule of three,” meaning a baby that ...

Nine-month-old infants regularly cared for by someone other than a parent appear to have higher rates of unfavorable feeding practices and to weigh more than infants cared for only by parents, ...

The inconsolable crying some infants go through, known as colic, is associated with migraine headaches later in childhood, researchers report in the April 17 Journal of the American Medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children exposed to three specific species of molds may be more likely to develop asthma during childhood, ...

Where can parents affordably raise a child from infancy to teenhood? A couple help their two children with their studies, seated at dining room table Whether purchasing strollers and diapers or ...