Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries
#ChildDevelopment #ChildrensHealth #Environment #CityLife #CountryLife
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rural-children-now-grow-slightly-taller-than-city-children-in-wealthy-countries/
#ChildDevelopment #ChildrensHealth #Environment #CityLife #CountryLife
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rural-children-now-grow-slightly-taller-than-city-children-in-wealthy-countries/
Scientific American
Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller Than City Children in Wealthy Countries
A new international study finds that the growth and development benefits of children living in cities may have diminished in the past three decades
Children living in cities had an average of 17 respiratory infections by age 3, but
#Breastfeeding for more than 6 months protected children against infections.
#ChildrensHealth #Pollution #CityLife
https://studyfinds.org/children-cities-infections/
#Breastfeeding for more than 6 months protected children against infections.
#ChildrensHealth #Pollution #CityLife
https://studyfinds.org/children-cities-infections/
Study Finds
Pollution to Pneumonia? City Life Raises Children’s Infection Risk
Two troubling studies have uncovered a link between young children who live in cities and respiratory infections.