Most of the "juice" products marketed to children have little to no real fruit juice in them at all, CNN reports. @DrNatalieMuth talks about the harmful health effects of sugary drinks in a child's diet, and what children should drink instead. us.cnn.com/2019/10/16/hea…

Research from the PLAYCE Research @TelethonKids team shows play time with pets improves kids' physical, mental & emotional health, and can even help build learning and development. A new Telethon Kids study aims to find out more - read about it in the The West Australian. bit.ly/2Ps9WUl

Between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2016, the number of adolescents admitted to EDs across the US for confirmed sexual abuse more than doubled ja.ma/333VsxU

Warming planet, sicker kids. nyti.ms/2QfdNoe

NEW: Majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk: findings from first ever global trends for girls and boys aged 11-17 years across 146 countries World Health Organization (WHO) hubs.ly/H0lWTSW0

The use of essential oils to treat minor ailments is on the rise but so too are the number of poisonings, particularly in children, and it has our experts concerned. Read more schn.health.nsw.gov.au/news/articles/…

Improved surveillance and diagnosis of childhood cancer are vital to improving survival rates of children globally. National cancer plans should include childhood cancer registries to ensure we leave no child behind. ow.ly/4AWy50y6WXX #WorldCancerDay #IAmAndIWill

ICYMI: Second primary cancers in people who had #cancer as children: an Australian Childhood Cancer Registry population‐based study … #openaccess #research … originally published 20 January 2020 … mja.com.au/journal/2020/2… #MedTwitter

Possible causes for decreased susceptibility of Children to #COVID19 nature.com/articles/s4139… A possible reason for non susceptibility of Children to coronavirus may lie in different angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity and its higher activity in children.

🌟Congratulations to Sydney Children's Hospitals Network University of Sydney CKR Brain & Mind Centre @allisontong1 #natashanassar #russelldale Germaine Wong for their successful NHMRC (Leadership 1) Investigator Grants. Read the full research projects here: bit.ly/2ykVyqV

Cohort study and meta-analysis finds maternal autoimmune disease is associated with increased #ADHD among singleton offspring born at term gestation ja.ma/2XST4JB

Adenotonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children: The impact of timing of surgery and post‐operative outcomes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jp…

Study found screen exposure was associated with children’s cognitive, language, and social-emotional development in early years. Both the duration and the onset of screen exposure matters in terms of their development. ja.ma/3zrJX6i

Child characteristics and health conditions associated with paediatric hospitalisations and length of stay: a population-based study authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…

Using data on 52 million births in 26 countries, Sarah Stock find small reductions in preterm birth in the first months of COVID-19 lockdowns. Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD @BurgnerDave @mbrockwa Dr Helga Zoega nature.com/articles/s4156…

New #DataLinkage study on hospitalization in young #neuroblastoma #CancerSurvivors showed per child (median) - 17 readmissions - 45 days in length - AUD$124,058 cost to healthcare system 👉Early intervention needed to optimise long-term care for survivors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…

Professor Natasha Nassar about to speak on our JIA Impact Study at NSW Parliament House JAFA Charles Perkins Centre Sydney Health University of Sydney

Charles Perkins Centre JAFA University of Sydney find the impact study report at jafa.org.au

Study suggests that extreme heat exposure during pregnancy was adversely associated with preterm birth (PTB), with greenness playing a moderating role. Increasing greenness levels in residential communities could prevent heat-associated PTBs. ja.ma/48yvJhU

From JAMANetworkOpen: Youth exposed to higher PM2.5 in pregnancy had elevated odds for psychotic experiences & depression; those exposed to higher noise pollution in childhood & adolescence had elevated odds for anxiety finds population-based cohort study ja.ma/3yLpjji