New research challenges the decades-old idea that children experience an “adiposity rebound” when their BMI begins rising around age 6. Although BMI returns to earlier levels, a more reliable measure ...

Human infant helplessness is not a weakness to be outgrown. It is an evolved trait that may be central to our ability to care ...

A long-held belief about childhood weight gain may need a major rethink. New research suggests the well-known "adiposity rebound"—the rise in body mass index (BMI) that begins around age 5 to 6—may ...

AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains.

From the moment they are born, babies start to create memories, becoming attuned to distinguishing familiar voices and faces. Interestingly, a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia keeps these early ...

A research study led by Dr. Diane Lickenbrock, Professor in the WKU Department of Psychological Sciences, alongside three WKU ...

Athena Oden, pediatric physical therapist and founder of Ready Bodies, Learning Minds LLC, believes one area deserves particular attention: the relationship between movement, sensory experience, and ...

Researchers have found that the physical wiring patterns of a one-year-old child’s brain can predict their intelligence ...

Infants are more at risk of severe respiratory illnesses, but new research uncovers how a protein in breastmilk could help.

The evolutionary trade-off that crossed humans' airway and food pathway, raising choking risk from toddlerhood to old age — and what it cost for speech.

Unlike most mammals, whose young reach basic self-sufficiency within weeks or months, humans remain dependent for years ...

Discover how children eating a high-iron variety of millet also experienced beneficial changes in their gut microbiome ...