Introduction -- The changing patterns of disease in children -- The chemical environment -- Children's unique vulnerability to toxic chemicals in the environment -- The links between toxic chemicals ...

Children raised in rural environments who spend a lot of time outdoors with some exposure to animals grow to have better regulated immune systems than children living in urban environments, a new ...

Getting people to change their behavior is a challenging task. From the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment to the Piano Stair Experiment, scientists have been trying to understand what motivates people ...

“Nobody wants children to get sick.” — Tom Neltner, founder and president of Improving Kids’ Environment “I’ve only found a few people opposed to children’s health,” says Tom Neltner, founder and ...

When Kara Livingston and Nicole Boynton were teenagers, they swapped clothes and shoes. This essentially doubled their wardrobe, but an even better benefit in their minds was that sharing clothing cut ...

World Environment Day, observed annually on June 5, highlights the importance of sustainable living. Teaching children a few ...

When Meera Sanghani-Jorgensen was in her 30s, she and her husband began to discuss having children. They both wanted to have kids, but Sanghani-Jorgensen couldn’t shake the feeling that, by giving ...

Children have an high risk of developing obstructive sleep apnoea if they have a sibling who has the sleep disorder. Obstructive sleep apnoea, or OSA, occurs when airway passages become blocked during ...