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Quick Links - 02 March 2009

by Isaak Kwok on March 3, 2009

in Child Health, Parenting

Having neglected Blogging Parent for quite some time, I guess now is the time to start blogging here again.
The [first one](1) is about the effects of the parents’ eating habits directing affecting the child’s habits. The children’s food habits tended to echo the parents’. This has implications on how obesity prevention programs are run to […]

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A Little DIrt is Good for You

by Isaak Kwok on September 23, 2008

in Child Health, Parenting

Sometimes it’s good to have a little dirt in the house, according to a research that would be published in Nature soon.
The American scientists in the research found that mice living in a germ-free environment developed type-1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease.
So, having a totally sterile home is instead not too good for your […]

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Most of us know that a mum’s postnatal depression causes babies to develop more slowly than other children. But a recent study shows that antenatal depression can have the same effect.
The research, reported in the BBC News article, says that antenatal depression can cause up to a third greater chance of cognitive or behavioral problems. […]

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